How To Use MouseEvent On My Movieclip

AS 3.0 MouseEvent Play Movieclip
Im currently using AS 3.0 I have a number of buttons on my MAIN STAGE each one "on CLICK" plays a movieclip and on "ROLL_OUT" stopes the movieclip. The code I used to do this and it works fine.

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thepass_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, thepassinfoFunction);

function thepassinfoFunction(event:MouseEvent):void
{
thepass_movie.gotoAndPlay(2)
}

thepass_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OU T, thepassinfoFunction2);

function thepassinfoFunction2(event:MouseEvent):void
{
thepass_movie.gotoAndPlay(86);
}

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I have also got a movieclip with a number of buttons in side it. I want these buttons to do the samething as above however the code will not work because its a child or something like that. Please Help Me!!!

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MouseEvent Not Calling On A Movieclip.
I have an enemy whom when he is clicked should take damage.
The problem I'm having is when I assign the listener:

addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, check_for_click);

it refuses to work.
If I make it:

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, check_for_click);

It works. The problem although the event handler is on the enemy but the stage. I just don't know why my enemy MovieClip refuses to work.


Code:

I can upload my code if someone could take a peek at it for me.
There is something I don't know about event handlers I think.

package {

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.text.TextField;

public class Enemy extends MovieClip
{

public var engine:MovieClip;
public var aka_name;
public var jail_cell; // which cell I'm in
public var life;


public function Enemy(parent, enemy_name, jail_cell)
{
life = 3;
engine = parent;
this.jail_cell = jail_cell;
aka_name = enemy_name;
aka.text = enemy_name;
engine.addChild(this);
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,on_every_frame);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, check_for_click);
}// class contructor


function on_every_frame(e:Event):void
{
this.x ++;
// check to see if cursor is over enemy
engine.reticle.check_for_enemy(this)
}

function check_for_click(e:MouseEvent):void
{
//check to see if enemy was hit
if(engine.reticle.check_for_enemy(this))
take_damage();
}

function take_damage()
{
if ( life != 0)
life --;
else
death();
}

function death()
{
this.visible = false;
}

public function move(x,y)
{
this.x = x
this.y = y
}// move


}//class

}//package

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Dynamic MovieClip MouseEvent
I am creating a series of MovieClips with a MouseEvent.CLICK added to them. The CLICK it only controls the last MovieClip. I have tried creating a unique name for each MovieClip. How can I get the CLICK to control only the MovieClip I CLICK on.

Below is the code. The first function listens for cue points in an FLV if the cuePts meet the substring requirements it places a MovieClip on the stage.
on MouseEvent.CLICK it fires off the second Function.


Code:
function cp_listener(eventObject:MetadataEvent):void {
//trace("Elapsed time in seconds: " + flvPlayer.playheadTime);
//trace("Elapsed time in seconds: " + eventObject.info.name);
nameVar= eventObject.info.name;
subSt = nameVar.substring(3,nameVar.length);
if(isNaN(subSt)){
trace("this is not a number");
}else{
loadComments = new addComments(getCaption(subSt),getTITLE(subSt));
loadComments.name = "loadComments" + subSt;
loadComments.x = 152 * subSt;
loadComments.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,CommentClick);
addChild(loadComments);

var myTween:Tween = new Tween(loadComments, "alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, 300, true);
}
}
This function will only control the last MovieClip placed to the stage.

Code:
public function CommentClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
var myRootMovieClip:MovieClip = loadComments.getChildByName("commentBox_mc");
var controlCircle = myRootMovieClip.getChildByName("squarBox_shp");
//trace(loadComments( event.target ).name);
//trace(event.target.name);
var myTween:Tween = new Tween(controlCircle, "width", Strong.easeOut, 151, 200, 3, false);
var myTween2:Tween = new Tween(controlCircle, "height", Strong.easeOut, 151, 200, 3, false);

}

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Pass MouseEvent Through MovieClip
Hello

I have had a quick look around for the answer to this one with no luck of yet.

I have 2 movieClips overlapping each other and want them both to receive RollOver MouseEvents. I'm sure this was possible in AS2, so I should be possible in AS3

Can anyone Help?

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Event Prioritsation --- MouseEvent.CLICK & MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK
Hi Guys

Been wracking my brains over this and still can't get it to work.
How do I get my app to tell the difference between a click and a
double click event:-

I've seen some similar issues on this group but I couldn't find the
definitive answer:

Here's the code I've been using:-

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import mx.controls.Alert;
private function initApp():void{



this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL,mw,fa lse,2);
this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK,dc,f alse,3);

this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,lc,false,1)



}

private function lc(evt:MouseEvent):void{

var x:Number = Number(evt.localX);
var y:Number = Number(evt.localY);

Alert.show("Center @ " + " " + x.toString() + " " +
y.toString());






}

private function dc(evt:MouseEvent):void{

var x:Number = Number(evt.localX);
var y:Number = Number(evt.localY);

Alert.show("Zoom In & Center @ " + " " + x.toString
() + " " + y.toString());






}

private function mw(evt:MouseEvent):void{
var i:Number = Number(evt.delta);
var x:Number = Number(evt.localX);
var y:Number = Number(evt.localY);
if(i>0){
Alert.show("FWD" + " " + x.toString() + " " +
y.toString());
}
if(i<0){
Alert.show("BWD" + " " + x.toString() + " " +
y.toString());
}


}

Kind Regards

Jonathan

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Is There A MouseEvent Like This?
I have two MovieClips, MC1 and MC2, is there a mouse function or a listener which could tell me which MC was clicked? Like,
(this is just what I wanted to happen, I know there is no such code but I dont know what to put inside the condition.)

Quote:




if (MC1.isPressed == true)
{
//Duplicate MC1 or do something
}
else if (MC2.isPressed == true)
{
//Duplicate MC2 or do something
}




Is there a MouseEvent like that in AS3?

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MouseEvent
Hi,
This script does not work for me, how can that be?

Quote:




bttn_marc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, site);
function site(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.******.com"));
trace("K L I K");
}




Errors where:
The class or event MouseEvent could not be loaded &
Statement must appear within on handler

Help this men!

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MouseEvent?
Problem Code:

box.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onBoxOver);
box.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onBoxOut);

function onBoxOver(evt:MouseEvent):void{
evt.target.play(boxUP);
}

function onBoxOut(evt:MouseEvent):void{
evt.target.play(boxDOWN);
}

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OUTPUT:

ArgumentError: Error #1063: Argument count mismatch on flash.display::MovieClip/play(). Expected 0, got 1.
at mikeumus_fla::MainTimeline/onBoxOver()
ArgumentError: Error #1063: Argument count mismatch on flash.display::MovieClip/play(). Expected 0, got 1.
at mikeumus_fla::MainTimeline/onBoxOut()

_______________________________________________________________________________________________


Hey Everybody,
I'm using actionscript 3.
I have boxUP, and boxDOWN MCs ready and exported to actionscript. I named the instance of box on the stage to and instance name of box.


The site that I'm reffering to is Mikeumus.com. If you go there you'll notice a subtle black rectangle with no fill at the bottom of the .swf. That is the box that is referred to in the code. I just want it to pop slide up and down when moused, in and out of. The .swf is huge as hell too and for a reason i cannot explain. It plays a song coming from youtube's servers, and all the video files on it have been compressed multiple times on AE and Adobe's CS4 Media encoder. The background .flv that I'm sure you'd like to point out as being the source of the huge file size is actually only 418.1 kb! And the others are all within the 200 kb range, so wtf!?!?!

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Peace and Love,
Mikeumus

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Rotate A MC By MouseEvent
Hey board,

how would you code the following action:

there is a ball-MC on the stage and when i would press the MC and move the mouse clockwise oder counterCW the ball-MC should be following my move CW or CCW.

Would be like a volume button to move left- or rightwards.
can anybody give me a hint how to code that?

thanks!

Zacky

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What's Up With MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK?
Do you have to perform some kind of VooDoo magic to get MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK to work? here's my code:


Code:
import flash.events.*;

box_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, openFolder);

function openFolder(e:MouseEvent):void {
trace("open");
}
super simple code, just have "box_mc" on the main timeline, first frame.
thx for the feedback!

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[F8] AS Tweening On MouseEvent
Ok, I have 2 questions that may seem dumb to most of you but I'll do my best to try and explain.

1. I have a MC that appears as a small rectangle at the bottom of the screen (although the entire MC is a larger rectangle off-stage) with a button on it. When the button is clicked, I want the MC to slide up and into the screen, revealing the entire large rectangle MC. So I made the MC with 3 components, the rectangle object, the button text and an invisible button over the text. I then added this AS:


PHP Code:



import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

news_btn.onPress = function() {
    var yMove:Tween = new Tween(news_mc,"_y",Strong.easeOut,0,-260,1,true);
}




This works fine, however, only the rectangular object (news_mc) tweens when the event occurs. I want the tweening rectangle to include the button text and the invisible button to tween with the object. Because I am new to Flash, I don't know how/where to place the different button/MC to make this work.

2. Once the tween has completed, I want the next click of the button to reverse the tween. No idea...

Any help would be greatly appreciated! If you need me to explain my question better, please let me know.

Thanks!

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MouseEvent Question
I have a movieclip (ddTab) that I have stored in the Library that is comprised of two elements (a background and a dynamic text field). Additionally, I have exported this movie clip for ActionScript so that I can access it dynamically via script

I add an occurence of this movie clip to the stage and add an Event Listener to it to detect a Mouse Over event. (See code below)


Code:
var tab1:ddTab = new ddTab();
tab1.x = 5;
tab1.y = 5;
addChild(tab1);

tab1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, grabIt);

function grabIt(e:Event):void {
trace(e.target);
}
My problem is that within the function the two elements that make up the movie clip (the rectangle and the textfield) are treated separately as targets even though the event listener is added to the movie clip as a whole.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong or explain why this happens?

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Looping After An On(MouseEvent)?
okay how do I loop after an OnMouseEvent (i'm using "press")

The problem is, my code only executes once per click and doesn't loop.

I hope that's enough info for you guys. I tried to keep it short and simple.

edit: I want it to loop for as long as the button is held down.

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Extending The MouseEvent?
Hey,
I've run into some trouble since I need to send additional parameters to an Event Listener Function. The solution might be extending the MouseEvent Class, but I'm not sure. Quick Brief:

I have an Episode-object, acting as a wrapper of other objects. The important one is the object AssetList, which extends Array with some extra functionality. The idea is that via the AssetList in Episode, I can fetch whatever Asset I might need, regardless of the actual type of object it is. Each Asset implements an interface called IAsset, so that the document class and the rest of the code doesn't need to know what kind of asset it's dealing with. This way, I can create new Assets and maintain functionality. I figure it's good OOP. Other objects can also have AssetLists, if they contain any type of metadata surrounding them.

However, the problem occurs in this code snippet, which gets the relevant Episode-object. In this case, I need the assets of a Clip-object, so I use the Clip-object's Assetlist, but the idea is the same as explained above. When the asset is found, I set a few listeners to it:


Code:
for (var i:Number = 0; i < _episodes.length; i++) {
var tags:Array = _episodes[i].tags;
for (var j:Number = 0; j < tags.length; j++) {
if(_episodes[i].tags[j] == selTag) {
// Tags match
var ep:Episode = _episodes[i];

var thumbs:AssetList = ep.mainClip.assets.findByProperty("type","thumbnail");
var thumb:Image = thumbs[0];

var w:Number = Image.THUMB_WIDTH;
var h:Number = Image.THUMB_HEIGHT;

thumb.displayImage(w,h,true,thumb.name);
thumb.x = thumbCount * w;
thumb.y = 0;
thumb.alpha = .8;
_thumbHolder.addChild(thumb);
thumb.buttonMode = true;

thumb.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,thumbMOUSEDOWN);
thumb.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, thumbROLLOVER);
thumb.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, thumbROLLOUT);

thumbCount += 1;
}
}
If I could send an extra parameter to the MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, containing data about which Clip this Asset belongs to, everything would be all set. I realize I could set an extra property inside the Image-object, containing info about the Clip, but it would essentially look something like this, and wouldn't really make any (OOP) sense:
someClip.asset = someAsset;
someAsset.clip = someClip;

(It might be a bit confusing; a clip can be an asset and have assets at the same time, but in different scopes).

If I need to extend the MouseEvent Class, how would I do that? Or is there another recommended way?

Thanks alot!
//Hamrin

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MouseEvent Not Working
im new to actionscript so i might be doing something wrong but im trying to make a tictactoe game and i made the grid so far. I made a class named boxes where i drew a rectangle and then i made a class named grid where i made 9 boxes and aligned them in shape.

BOXES CLASS:
package {
import flash.display.Shape;
public class boxes extends Shape{
var side:Number = 100;
public function boxes(){
graphics.lineStyle(1);
graphics.beginFill(0xFFFF00);
graphics.drawRect(0,0,side,side);
}}}

GRID CLASS:
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.*;
public class grid extends Sprite {
var topleft = new boxes();
var topcenter = new boxes();
var topright = new boxes();
var middleleft = new boxes();
var middlecenter = new boxes();
var middleright = new boxes();
var bottomleft = new boxes();
var bottomcenter = new boxes();
var bottomright = new boxes();
var thex = new X();
var theo = new O();
public function grid() {
addChild(topleft);
topleft.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, drawan);
addChild(topcenter);
addChild(topright);
addChild(middleleft);
addChild(middlecenter);
addChild(middleright);
addChild(bottomleft);
addChild(bottomcenter);
addChild(bottomright);
topcenter.x = topleft.width;
topright.x = topleft.width + topcenter.width;
middleleft.y = topleft.width;
middlecenter.y = topleft.width;
middlecenter.x = topleft.width;
middleright.y = topleft.width;
middleright.x = topright.x;
bottomleft.y = topleft.width * 2;
bottomcenter.y = topleft.width * 2;
bottomcenter.x = topleft.width;
bottomright.y = bottomright.x = topleft.width * 2;}
public function drawan(e:MouseEvent):void {
trace("click");
addChild(thex);
}}}

Also i have the main class for the game in which i only add the grid to the screen

MAIN CLASS:
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
public class tictactoe extends Sprite {
var thegrid = new grid();
public function tictactoe():void {
addChild(thegrid);
}}}

So the problem is:

in the grid class i put

topleft.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, drawan);

and when im supposed to press the topleft box i will draw an X or an O but for some reason nothing is happening. it works if i put

grid.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, drawan);

but i need to be able to click each box.

please help!!

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Questions About MouseEvent
Getting back into this after my long hiatus from using Flex2.

In Flash CS3, I'm handling a MouseEvent.CLICK.

1) Looking at the root of the event in the debugger, I see e.shiftKey, e.altKey, etc...but if I refer to them - i.e. if (e.shiftKey == true) { - I get the error:

"1119: Access of possibly undefined property shiftKey through a reference with static type flash.events:Event."

Why?


2) I'm also seeing the same properties with "m_" in front of them - i.e. m_altKey, m_shiftKey, etc - what's the difference?

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MouseEvent Problem
For some reason having a MOUSE_UP or MOUSE_DOWN event listener is stopping the CLICK event from being broadcast. Anyone know why? I've never had this happen before.

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MouseEvent.ctrlKey
Anybody know how to use this?


Code:
clip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ctrlKey, handler);
My thought was that it would check if the ctrlKey was down and if so, run the handler except the only thing I get is this error:

1119: Access of possibly undefined property ctrlKey through a reference with static type Class.

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MouseEvent For Every Frame
Hi, this may be a stupid question since I'm still new to AS3.

I was trying to make a particle emitter that shoots out particles when the mouse button is clicked and stops when it's not. The problem I'm having is that it only shoots out one particle at a time when I click rather than a continuous fountain. I used MOUSE_DOWN for this one which didn't give me errors, but when I tried buttonDown, I got the error: "1119: Access of possibly undefined property buttonDown through a reference with static type Class."
Also I tried combining MOUSE_DOWN with ENTER_FRAME but that didn't even come close to working. There's got to be an easy way to do this that I'm just not seeing.

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How To Use Parameter In MouseEvent
Hi All,

myMovie.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myFun);

function myFun(var i:Number)
{

trace(i);
}

How do i pass the parameter value for variable i

Thanks

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MouseEvent Questions
I have my navigational menu. It is set so that the word "home" is italicized and pink. When it is mouse rolled over it changes to a different font that is not italicized and is white.

I need it so that if the user clicks on that "home" button then it STAY's white and un-italicized exactly how the roll over worked.

I have tried all the different mouse events but none seem to work because as soon as I move the mouse away from the "home" button it goes back to its original state whether I clicked on it or not. The entire navigational menu is one movie clip so that takes out some options I believe.

Thanks!

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PerspectiveProjection + MouseEvent = Bug?
Hello All,
i noticied that there is a problem when using the PerspectiveProjection in flash on a container that contains childs where they also have 3D manipulation here's a sample code and i ll explain the problem

ActionScript Code:
var sp:Sprite=new Sprite();
sp.graphics.beginFill(0x00FF00,1);
sp.graphics.drawRect(-50,-50,100,100);
sp.graphics.endFill();
sp.rotationY=45;

var container:Sprite=new Sprite();

container.transform.perspectiveProjection = new PerspectiveProjection();
container.transform.perspectiveProjection.projectionCenter = new Point(0, 0);

container.addChild(sp);
addChild(container);
container.x=stage.stageWidth/2;
container.y=stage.stageHeight/2;

sp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,handleClick);
sp.useHandCursor=true;
sp.buttonMode=true;

function handleClick(e:MouseEvent):void{
    trace(e);
}

container.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,handleClick);
container.useHandCursor=true;
container.buttonMode=true;

container.rotationY= 0;

try to run the code you ll notice that the mouse event isnt occuring

now try to comment the last line

ActionScript Code:
container.rotationY= 0;
which mean that the container isnt in 3D space.
so the mouse event occurs,

however if you dont set a new PerspectivePoint which is commenting this 2 lines it will work!

ActionScript Code:
container.transform.perspectiveProjection = new PerspectiveProjection();
container.transform.perspectiveProjection.projectionCenter = new Point(0, 0);

and keep the last line uncommented

ActionScript Code:
container.rotationY= 0;
any idea why this is happening?

cheers

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'MouseEvent' Could Not Be Loaded.
I'm trying to get a flash movie to redirect on a click. I used the sample code below:

inv_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("

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MouseEvent And External SWF
I'm loading an external SWF to use as a "skin" (no components are involved, only MovieClips). The external SWF contains a number of MovieClips, each exported for Actionscript and with an associated class. One of these classes is, for example, called "Thing1".

I'm successfully loading the SWF using Loader, etc. - I'm also setting its ApplicationDomain to that same one as the loading SWF. I can then successfully create an instance of Thing1 and add it to a child MovieClip of the loading SWF. All is good.. the problem occurs when I try to add an event listener to the instance of Thing1 - the event doesn't trigger.

Here are some curious facts: IF Thing1 consists only of graphics, ie. no child MovieClips, then the event DOES trigger. Also, if I add an event listener, not to a child of Thing1, but to a child of a child of Thing1, then it works. BUT, a mouse event added to the stage of that MovieClip doesn't trigger.

There seems to be some problem with mouse events bubbling across the "boundary" between Thing1 and the loading SWF. Anyone??

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MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER HELP
Hey this is my first post in a forum ever, and I don't know if I will post this question right, but I am working on a simple menu system in AS3 that consists of some movie clips to move when moused over.

But when I run my code I get an error that I don't understand

1061: Call to a possibly undefined method addEventListener through a reference with static type Class.

This is my code that I am using, could anyone enlighten me as to what this error means?


ActionScript Code:
package {    import flash.display.*;    import flash.events.*;        public class blueBox extends MovieClip{        public function blueBox () {            blueBox.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, menuMove);        }                public function menuMove (event:MouseEvent):void {            this.x++;        }    }}


- Confused????
- boomStick

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MouseEvent Problem
Hi guys,

I have a child Sprite called Table that's smaller than the main window, and the Table has a child called Bat, like this:

Main
-Table
--Bat

Here is the problem: when I handle MOUSE_MOVE in Table it will trigger when the mouse is over Bat, even though I have Bat.mouseEnabled=false. Also, if the Bat is outside of the Table it triggers it with mouse coordinates that are greater/less than the table itself, which makes no sense.

I'd like for the Bat to not trigger anything, but if it has to I need to know that it came from Bat when handling it.

What should I do ?

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Remove MouseEvent ?
hi,
I have a AS3 problem and i'm pretty lost on that probably easy stuff.
I have a mc that serves as a button:

PHP Code:



myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,click); 




Then i just want to "kill" that mouseEvent...i have no clue. I tried removeEventListener but it seems not to work. Any idea ?
Thank's in advance.

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[AS3] - .png + MouseEvent.CLICK
Hey everyone, I have a pretty difficult question (for me at least) and I'm hoping that someone can provide an answer, even if that answer is "can't be done". I have searched quite a few places and haven't found anything on this.

Lets say I have a .png, and its a complicated shape like an "S" or something. When you save the .png it gets wrapped in bounding boxes and comes out as a "square"ish shape.

Is there any way that I can have just the actual image portion of the .png interact with MouseEvents, and not the image itself (not the "dead" space)?

i.e. were I to click on the image to interact with it, the click event would only trigger if I clicked somewhere on the "S" portion of the graphic not any of the transparent portions of the image.

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MouseEvent Listener
I'm using Flash9, AS 3

Trying to get the DOUBLE_CLICK event to work in my test movie, but its not registering the doubleclick of the mouse.

here's my code:


ActionScript Code:
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
 
mc_powerBTN.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, powerClick);
mc_powerBTN.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, powerClick);
 
function powerClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
    trace(event);
    if(event.type=="click"){
        trace("singleClick");
    }
    if(event.type=="doubleClick"){
        trace("doubleClick");
    }
}

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[AS3] - .png + MouseEvent.CLICK
Hey everyone, I have a pretty difficult question (for me at least) and I'm hoping that someone can provide an answer, even if that answer is "can't be done". I have searched quite a few places and haven't found anything on this.

Lets say I have a .png, and its a complicated shape like an "S" or something. When you save the .png it gets wrapped in bounding boxes and comes out as a "square"ish shape.

Is there any way that I can have just the actual image portion of the .png interact with MouseEvents, and not the image itself (not the "dead" space)?

i.e. were I to click on the image to interact with it, the click event would only trigger if I clicked somewhere on the "S" portion of the graphic not any of the transparent portions of the image.

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MouseEvent Do Interfer
how come other is getting triggerd while there isnt any reason for! ?

Code:

// main button
var spriteButton:Sprite = new Sprite();
spriteButton.name = "spriteButton";
var other:Sprite = new Sprite();
other.name  = "Other";

// graphics
var spriteGraphics1:Sprite = createGraphics("spriteGraphics1", 0xFF, 150, 200, 100);
var spriteGraphics2:Sprite = createGraphics("spriteGraphics2", 0x80, 125, 200, 25);
var spriteGraphics3:Sprite = createGraphics("spriteGraphics3", 0x80, 200, 200, 25);

// add to display list
other.addChild(spriteGraphics1);
spriteButton.addChild(spriteGraphics2);
spriteButton.addChild(spriteGraphics3);
addChild(other);

addChild(spriteButton);

// events
spriteButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER  , over);
spriteButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT,   out);
other.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, over);
other.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, out);


function over(evt:MouseEvent):void {
        trace("over: " + evt.target.name);
}
function out(evt:MouseEvent):void {
        trace("out: " + evt.target.name);
}

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function createGraphics(name:String, color:uint, x:Number, y:Number, radius:Number):Sprite {
        var circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
        circle.name = name;
        circle.graphics.beginFill(color);
        circle.graphics.drawCircle(x, y, radius);
        return circle;
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private function showSub(me:MouseEvent):void
        {    
            var bx:TG_Button=TG_Button(me.currentTarget);
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            }
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I’m new to both Flash and AS3 so hopefully I can explain my problem correctly. And if anyone has ideas on how to better approach what I’m trying to accomplish, please offer up some suggestions.

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Hopefully all of that made sense. Here are the snippets I think are appropriate.


Code:
//set hit areas
var newHitArea:Sprite;

//from customizingContextMenu
var myMenu:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
myMenu.hideBuiltInItems();
var mainTimeline:MovieClip = this;
mainTimeline.contextMenu = myMenu;

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removeChild(newHitArea);
}
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// ... make hit area
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}else{
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addChild(newHitArea);
}

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function menuSelectHandler(evtObj:ContextMenuEvent):void {
var obj:DisplayObject = evtObj.contextMenuOwner as DisplayObject;
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I have an object called diarypost. Inside diarypost I have a textfield. Now in my mainclass I have an eventListener that listens to the MouseEvent.CLICK like this:


Code:
diarypost.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sendPostEvent);
It works fine, and when I click it it executes the sendPostEvent function. the problem is, that if I click in the textfield it sends the textfield inside the diarypost as the event target, and not the diarypost object itself. I want it only to send the diarypost object as the event target, not an specific objects inside the diarypost object. How do I do this?

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Code:
package com.bizzark{
//import stuff here...

public class Scroller extends MovieClip {
private var rect:Rectangle;

private var slider:Shape = new Shape();
private var bg:Shape = new Shape();

public var sliderObject:Object;
private var slider_tween:Tween = new Tween(slider, "y", Elastic.easeInOut, slider.y, bg.height, 3, true);

function Scroller(){
slider.graphics.beginFill(0xFFC133, 1);
slider.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 10, 60); // x, y, width, height
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}


private function positionMessage(e:Event) {
//taken out...
}


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slider.addEventListener("enterFrame", positionMessage);
addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, sliderUp);
addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, resizeEvent);
addEventListener("enterFrame", watchPos);
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}

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In other words, I'd like the bottom, partially obscured movieclip to have its MOUSE_DOWN event triggered even when the top most movie clip is clicked (so long as it is clicked within where the boundaries of the lower one would be).

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I have a class with public get and set functions. I am trying to get the values of those methods from a mouse over event, but get the following error:
Error #1069: Property linkName not found on flash.display.Sprite and there is no default value.


Here is my code
Main Timeline:

Code:
var menuItem_btn:BaseMenuItem= new BaseMenuItem(link.attribute("linkName"),link.attribute("xmlFile"),link.attribute("type"))
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e.target.linkName
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BaseMenuItem.as

Code:
package com.dpp
{
import flash.display.MovieClip
import flash.display.Sprite
import flash.text.TextField

public class BaseMenuItem extends Sprite
{
import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;


private var _linkName:String;
private var _fileLoc:String;
private var _navType:String;
private var btn_txt:TextField = new TextField()


public function set linkName(testName:String):void
{
if(testName.length >= 3)
{
_linkName = testName;
btn_txt.text = _linkName;
}else{
trace("Invalid Name");
}
}
public function get linkName():String
{
if(_linkName != null)
{
return _linkName;
}else{
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return _linkName;
}
}

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_fileLoc = file;
}

public function get fileLoc():String
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return _fileLoc;
}else{
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return _fileLoc;
}
}

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rect.graphics.beginFill(0x324d00,.75);
rect.graphics.lineStyle(1,0x4a6994);
rect.graphics.drawRect(0,0,250,30);
rect.graphics.endFill();

var rectShadow:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(5,90,0x000000,.5,5,5);

rect.filters = [rectShadow];

return rect;
}



public function SVIBaseMenuItem (inputName:String, inputLoc:String, inputType:String):void

{
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.AntiAliasType;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;

trace("New Base Menu Item");
linkName = inputName;
fileLoc = inputLoc;
navType = inputType;

var bg_mc:Sprite = makeBG();
bg_mc.buttonMode = true;


var btn_frmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
btn_frmt.align = "center";
btn_frmt.color = 0xFFFFFF;
btn_frmt.font = "copperplate32bc"
btn_frmt.size = 18;


btn_txt.width = bg_mc.width;
btn_txt.height = bg_mc.height;
btn_txt.y = 3;

btn_txt.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.NORMAL;
btn_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;
btn_txt.defaultTextFormat = btn_frmt;
btn_txt.selectable = false;
btn_txt.text = linkName;

bg_mc.addChild(btn_txt);
bg_mc.mouseChildren = false;
addChild(bg_mc);


bg_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER,navOver);
bg_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT,navOut);


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{

Tweener.addTween(btn_txt, {y:0, time:.25, transition:"easeOutSine"});
}

function navOut(e:MouseEvent):void
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Tweener.addTween(btn_txt, {y:3, time:.25, transition:"easeInSine"});
}

}
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ActionScript Code:
var blackButton:Black = new Black();
blackButton.x = stage.stageWidth / 2;
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addChild(blackButton);

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blackButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, traceIt);

function traceIt():void {}

I get this in the output panel:

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Code:

package as3.util{
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.utils.clearInterval;
import flash.utils.setInterval;

//import mx.core.Application;

public class IdleUserWatcher {
// is the user active?
private var __isActive : Boolean = false;
// the id for the interval
private var intervalID : Number;
// how long to wait before calling is idle... default is 10 seconds
private var idleTime : Number = 1000;
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private var listeners : Array;
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public function get isActive():Boolean {
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//this.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, this.onKeyDown);
listeners = new Array();
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trace("HERE");
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I'm trying to see if I can add a parameter to pass a Number Variable through AddEventListener. I'm trying to create a custom class. Here's what I have thus far.


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import flash.events.MouseEvent;

public class MapMouse extends MouseEvent
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public var _mapNum:Number;

public function MapMouse(MapNumber:_mapNum):void
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This would be called using an EventListener, with an additional parameter, looking something like this.


Code:
this.mapMC.TAMUmap.mapGraphic.academic_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mapChange, _mapNum);
But I'm getting errors thrown at me when I try to run this:

1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: _mapNum.

and

5000: The class 'mapMouse' must subclass 'flash.display.MovieClip' since it is linked to a library symbol of that type.

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I do not understand why my_mc_instance even knows what a mouseevent is; I mean I have to know what a "knock on the door" is before I can listen for it;



movieclips DO NOT inherit from: Mouse or MouseEvent or even Event;

movieclips inherit from:
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it would seem to me that trying to add a mouseevent listener to my_mc_instance would never fire since movieclips do not inherit any mouse-related stuff;





furthermore, according to MovieClip.as, MovieClip class already has methods that are apparently firing for the mouseevents:

ActionScript Code:
...
function onMouseDown():Void;
function onMouseMove():Void;
function onMouseUp():Void;
function onPress():Void;
function onRelease():Void;
function onReleaseOutside():Void;
function onRollOut():Void;
function onRollOver():Void;
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