setInterval and AS2 classes

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i’m having an issue fitting setInterval() methods into an AS2 class–basically, since setInterval works by calling a function at a set interval, and it returns an object reference, like this:


public function loadSplash():Void {
	var id=setInterval(loadSplashMC,1000);
		var sM:Object=new Object();
		Mouse.addListener(sM);
		sM.onMouseMove=function(){  
			Mouse.removeListener(this); //delete after first mouse event
			}}	
			
public function loadSplashMC():Void { 
	clearInterval(id);
	}

the problem is that i can’t set a class variable to id–i tried defining it as a generic object, like this:

public var id:Object;

but it didn’t work…

i’m not used to working with setInterval, so maybe i’m just not using it right–perhaps i should put it all into one function?

i think there has to be a better way, and i’d appreciate hearing anything about setInterval() and my problem–thanks!