Example that show how automated clicking of a link in an HTML control does not work after running a timer

TextLink.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" 
					   xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" 
					   xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
					   creationComplete="load()"
					   >
	
	<s:VGroup width="100%" height="100%">
		
		
		<s:HGroup width="100%" verticalAlign="middle">
			<s:Label text="URL:" />
			<s:TextInput id="textUrl" width="100%" text="{htmlControl.location}" editable="false" />
		</s:HGroup>
		<s:HGroup width="100%" verticalAlign="middle">
			<s:Button id="loadButton" label="Load" click="load()" />
			<s:Button id="test1Button" label="Wait then Click" click="waitThenClick()" />
			<s:Button id="test2Button" label="Loop then Click" click="loopThenClick()"  />
			<s:Label id="statusLabel" />
		</s:HGroup>
		<mx:HTML id="htmlControl" width="100%" height="100%" />
		
	</s:VGroup>
	
	<fx:Script>
		<![CDATA[
			
			private var _timer:Timer;
			
			private function load():void
			{
				htmlControl.location = "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/";
			}
			
			private function waitThenClick() : void 
			{
				statusLabel.text = "Run timer for 3 seconds then click";
				_timer = new Timer( 1000, 3 );
				_timer.addEventListener( TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, onTimerComplete );
				_timer.start();
			}
			
			private function loopThenClick() : void 
			{
				wait( 3000 );
				click();
			}
			
			private function onTimerComplete(event:Event) : void 
			{
				click();
			}
			
			private function wait( ms:int ) : void 
			{
				var tend:int = getTimer() + ms;
				while( getTimer() < tend )
				{
					var x:String = "This is a string " + Number("3.222").toString() + " and it is long";
				}
			}
			
			
			private function click() : void
			{
				statusLabel.text = "Clicking now";
				var linkObject:Object = getFirstElementByAInnerHTML( 'HTML Working Group' );
				if( linkObject )
				{
					var event:Object = htmlControl.htmlLoader.window.document.createEvent('MouseEvent');
					event.initMouseEvent("click",true,true,htmlControl.htmlLoader.window.document.defaultView,0,0,0,0,0,false,false,false,false,0 ,null);
					linkObject.dispatchEvent(event);
				}
			}
			
			public function getFirstElementByAInnerHTML( text:String ):Object
			{
				var allHTMLTags:Object = htmlControl.htmlLoader.window.document.getElementsByTagName('a');
				for( var idx:int=0; idx<allHTMLTags.length; ++idx )
				{
					if( allHTMLTags[idx].innerHTML.match( text ) )
						return allHTMLTags[idx];
				}
				return null;
			}
			
		]]>
	</fx:Script>
	
</s:WindowedApplication>