Quick help with millis()

hi,
i`m trying make sort of protection touch buttons when don`t need use them become inactive.
i`ve made simple statement in void loop(), when press button more 3 seconds void activetouch should loop self 10 second , quit if no input detected or if input detected 10 second countdown should go 0 every time touch pad active.

so

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const byte button1 = 30;
const byte button2 = 32;

const byte led1 = 22;
const byte led2 = 23;

const byte redpin = 12;
const byte greenpin = 11;
const byte bluepin = 10;

byte buttonstate;
byte laststate = low;
byte count = 0;

int lastreading = high;
byte  hold = false;
unsigned long switchon = 0;
const unsigned int holdtime = 3000;
const unsigned int deactivatetime = 10000;



void setup()
{
  serial.begin(9600);
  pinmode(button1, input_pullup);
  pinmode(button2, input_pullup);
  pinmode(led1, output);
  pinmode(led2, output);
  pinmode(redpin, high);
  pinmode(greenpin, high);
  pinmode(bluepin, high);
}

void loop()
{
  if(digitalread(button1) == low)
  {
    switchon = millis();
    serial.println(switchon);
  }
   
  if((millis() - switchon) > holdtime)
    {
      activetouch();
    }
     
  }


void activetouch()
{
  bool deactivated = false;
  unsigned long activetime = 0;

  while(!deactivated)
  {
    digitalwrite(led1, !digitalread(button1));
    digitalwrite(led2, !digitalread(button2));
    activetime = millis();
    serial.println("active");
  }
  if ((millis() - activetime) > deactivatetime)
  {
    deactivated = true;
  }
}

symptons @ moment - code goes straight activetouch, not waiting user input.

any suggestions??
thanks

you want unsigned longs not ints times.

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