Thanks for the tips Moses! I'm gonna download and check out
CallbackDispatcher 2.0 now...
Where are you from? I'm living in NJ, working in Manhattan.
-steve
On 2/12/06, Moses Gunesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Steve -
>
> Yes there are 2 things available for this. MM added that
> functionality in some event classes that are pretty much undocumented
> and a little tough to learn - UIEventDispatcher and LowLevelEvents.
>
> Secondly, I wrote a class called CallbackDispatcher that makes it
> really easy to use events to scope simple callbacks wherever you
> want. It's available free at my website and includes a comparison &
> example of the MM system.
>
> You can specify an event prefix like "evt_" then name your events
> like "evt_onRollOver", or use Delegates as shown here, to route any
> built-in MC, Button, or TextField callbacks to a uniquely named
> method. This really helps keep scoping mouse events tidy and also
> gives you an opportunity to group the events for some subset of nav
> elements into smartly named handlers, like "handleNavEvent" in this
> example which will do rollover/out and onpress actions - keeps your
> classes neat. (Again, the use of Delegate is entirely optional.)
>
> var navDel:Function = Delegate.create(this, handleNavEvent);
> CallbackDispatcher.initialize(mc);
> mc.addEventListener ('onRollOver, onRollOut, onPress', navDel);
>
> function handleNavEvent(o:Object) {
> trace(o.target._name+'.'+o.type);
> switch(o.type) {
> // etc..
> }
> }
>
> download at: http://www.mosessupposes.com/utilities/index.html
>
> Hope that helps you out!
> - Moses
>
>
> On Jan 19, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Steve Warren wrote:
>
> > I'm having a little trouble getting addEventListener to work. I've
> > tried a
> > bunch of combinations, but have yet to find the right one. I'm
> > trying to
> > assign onRelease functions to a bunch of buttons in my LanguageChooser
> > class. All I want to do is call a function inside LanguageChooser,
> > telling
> > it which button was clicked.
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