Can't stop the Timer....!

From: Geoff (geoff104_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: 31 Mar 2004 05:31:30 -0800

Hey.. I'm having problems with stopping this timer from outside the
'runTimer()' class.. i have no problems calling 'cancel()' from inside
the run() method but I want to be able to stop the Timer when I press
a button (stopTimer()).

 With the code I've got here, i get an error saying 'void cannot be
dereferenced' ... has anyone got any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong
or how i could stop the timer by pressing the button? Any help would
be appreciated.. i'm fairly new to java so if you can keep it in
relative laymens terms thanks! :)

public void runTimer(){

int delay = 0; //
int period = 3000; //
        
java.util.Timer timer = new java.util.Timer();

timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
                        
         public void run() {
            //code does stuff here
         }
      }, delay, period);
}

//when stopTimer button is pressed.. timer should stop
public void stopTimer() {
   runTimer().timer.cancel();
}

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