# getTimer problems

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gettimer-problems/296524>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 16, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gettimer-problems/296524 "2009-09-16T02:53:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeffmorris81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@jeffmorris81](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeffmorris81)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gettimer-problems/296524/1 "2009-09-16T02:53:03Z")

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hi…

i have been searching google and yahoo for hours on this one with no success grrr

i have an .fla, which loads goes to different frames in the timeline according to the download speed of the user. i understand how it should work… start timer \> upload file \> stop timer \> calculate download speed - easy?

so what is this simple code im missing to find the download speed? from my fruitless searching, the only relevant code i could find, is this:  
Code:

> ```
> var time1 = getTimer();
> 
> ```

targetClip.loadMovie(“example.swf”);  
targetClip.onLoad = function()  
{  
var time2 = getTimer();  
var totalTime = (time2 - time1)/1000;  
var fileSize = targetClip.getBytesTotal();  
var connectionSpeed = (fileSize/totalTime); // Bytes per second. Multiply by 8 to get bits per second.  
}

… but i have test this, which gives an undefined property error grrr… so what is the actionscript 3, to find the value of the download speed?

please help if you can

thanks