MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH Manual page 339

To use an on handler and onPress event handler:
1. Create a new Flash document and save it as handlers.fla.
2.
Select the Rectangle Tool and draw a large square on the Stage.
3.
Select the Selection Tool, double-click the square on the Stage, and press F8 to launch the
Convert to Symbol dialog box.
4.
Enter a symbol name for the box, set the type to Movie clip and click OK.
5.
Give the movie clip on the Stage an instance name of box_mc.
6.
Add the following ActionScript directly on the movie clip symbol on the Stage:
on (press) {
trace("on (press) {...}");
}
7. Add the following ActionScript to Frame 1 of the main Timeline:
box_mc.onPress = function() {
trace("box_mc.onPress = function() {...};");
};
8.
Select Control > Test Movie to test the Flash document.
When you click the movie clip symbol on the Stage, the following output is sent to the
Output panel:
on (press) {...}
box_mc.onPress = function() {...};
Attaching
onClipEvent()
you should put your code in frame scripts or in a class file, as demonstrated
throughout this manual. For more information, see
on page 330
and handlers is not a recommended practice. Instead,
on()
and "Attaching code to objects" on page
"Using event handler methods"
746.
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