Onpress (Movieclip.onpress Handler); Onrelease (Movieclip.onrelease Handler) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6
Example
The following example defines a function for the
action to the Output panel:
my_mc.onMouseUp = function () {
trace ("onMouseUp called");
}

onPress (MovieClip.onPress handler)

onPress = function() {}
Invoked when the user clicks the mouse while the pointer is over a movie clip. You must
define a function that executes when the event handler is invoked. You can define the
function in the library.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6
Example
The following example defines a function for the
action to the Output panel:
my_mc.onPress = function () {
trace ("onPress called");
}

onRelease (MovieClip.onRelease handler)

onRelease = function() {}
Invoked when a user releases the mouse button over a movie clip. You must define a function
that executes when the event handler is invoked. You can define the function on the timeline
or in a class file that extends the MovieClip class or is linked to a symbol in the library.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6
Example
The following example defines a function for the
action to the Output panel:
my_mc.onRelease = function () {
trace ("onRelease called");
}
908 ActionScript classes
method that sends a
onMouseUp()
method that sends a
onPress()
method that sends a
onRelease()
trace()
trace()
trace()