Name: akC57697 Date: 06/19/98



 The initial delay before the first "ringing" of the Timer essentially
more then getInitialDelay().
 
The doc says:
"
public Timer(int delay,
             ActionListener listener)

     Creates a Timer that will notify its listeners every delay milliseconds.
     Parameters:
         delay - The number of milliseconds between listener notification
         listener - An initial listener
         
public void setInitialDelay(int initialDelay)

     Sets the Timer's initial delay. This will be used for the first
     "ringing" of the Timer only. Subsequent ringings will be
     spaced using the delay property.
"
 
The example:
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import com.sun.java.swing.Timer;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.util.Date;

public class Test {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {

    TestActionListener l=new TestActionListener();
    
    Timer c=new Timer(100,l);
 
    c.setRepeats(false);
    
    System.out.println("The initial delay :"+c.getInitialDelay());
    System.out.println("Start :"+new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()));

    c.start(); // start timer

    try {
      Thread.sleep(10000); // wait
    } catch(InterruptedException e) {}
    System.out.println("Finish :"+new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()));
  }
}

    class TestActionListener implements ActionListener {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        System.out.println("Done at:"+
                             new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()));
      }
    }
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Output:
java Test
The initial delay :100
Start :Fri Jun 19 13:58:21 GMT+04:00 1998
Done at:Fri Jun 19 13:58:26 GMT+04:00 1998
Finish :Fri Jun 19 13:58:32 GMT+04:00 1998

java full version "JDK-1.2beta4-J"

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