{"id":8752,"date":"2014-07-01T18:28:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T18:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/?p=8752"},"modified":"2014-07-01T18:32:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T18:32:28","slug":"as3-custom-event-dispatch-event-load-swf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/as3-custom-event-dispatch-event-load-swf\/affordablewebsitestips\/tutorials","title":{"rendered":"as3 custom event, dispatch event, load swf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a tutorial that shows you how to create and use a custom event using the dispatchEvent() method.<\/p>\n

Here is a class for a start screen '.fla' file:<\/p>\n

 Javascript | <\/td><\/td> copy code |<\/td>?<\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
01<\/td>
package<\/span> {<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
02<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
03<\/td>
import<\/span> flash.display<\/span>.MovieClip<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
04<\/td>
import<\/span> flash.events<\/span>.Event<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
05<\/td>
import<\/span> flash.events<\/span>.MouseEvent<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
06<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
07<\/td>
public<\/span> class<\/span> mcStartGameScreen extends<\/span> MovieClip {<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
08<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
09<\/td>
\/\/create vars<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>
public<\/span> var<\/span> mcStart:<\/span>MovieClip;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>
public<\/span> function<\/span> mcStartGameScreen(<\/span>)<\/span> {<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>
\/\/ constructor code<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>
mcStart.buttonMode<\/span> =<\/span> true<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>
mcStart.addEventListener<\/span>(<\/span>MouseEvent.CLICK<\/span>,<\/span> startClick)<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>
}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>
private<\/span> function<\/span> startClick(<\/span>e:<\/span>MouseEvent)<\/span>:<\/span>void<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>
{<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>
dispatchEvent(<\/span>new<\/span> Event(<\/span>"START_GAME"<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>
}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>
}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>
}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div><\/pre><\/p>\n
Here is another class that loads the '.swf' file and listens\/reacts to the custom event:<\/p>\n
 Javascript | <\/td><\/td> copy code |<\/td>?<\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
01<\/td>
<\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
02<\/td>
package<\/span>  {<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
03<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
04<\/td>
\timport<\/span> flash.display<\/span>.MovieClip<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
05<\/td>
\timport<\/span> flash.events<\/span>.Event<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
06<\/td>
\timport<\/span> flash.events<\/span>.KeyboardEvent<\/span>;<\/span>\t<\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
07<\/td>
\timport<\/span> flash.display<\/span>.Loader<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
08<\/td>
\timport<\/span> flash.net<\/span>.URLRequest<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
09<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>
public<\/span> class<\/span> eaterMain extends<\/span> MovieClip {<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>
\/\/create vars<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>
public<\/span> var<\/span> menuStart:<\/span>mcStartGameScreen;<\/span>\/\/start game screen swf<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>
public<\/span> function<\/span> eaterMain(<\/span>)<\/span> {<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>
\/\/ constructor code<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>
\/\/set focus of keyboard output<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>
stage.focus<\/span> =<\/span> stage;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>
\/\/create a loader object<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>
var<\/span> startLoader:<\/span>Loader =<\/span> new<\/span> Loader(<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>
\/\/add event listener to listen for the complete event<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>
startLoader.contentLoaderInfo<\/span>.addEventListener<\/span>(<\/span>Event.COMPLETE<\/span>,<\/span> startLoaded)<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>
\/\/load out loader object<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>
startLoader.load<\/span>(<\/span>new<\/span> URLRequest(<\/span>"startScreen.swf"<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>
}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>
public<\/span> function<\/span> startTheGame(<\/span>e:<\/span>Event)<\/span>:<\/span>void<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>
{<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>
trace(<\/span>"Game has started!"<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
30<\/td>
}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
32<\/td>
private<\/span> function<\/span> startLoaded(<\/span>e:<\/span>Event)<\/span>:<\/span>void<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
33<\/td>
{<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>
\/\/get a reference to the loaded movieclip<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>
menuStart =<\/span> e.target<\/span>.content<\/span> as<\/span> mcStartGameScreen;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
36<\/td>
\/\/add loaded movieclip (start scree) to the stage<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
37<\/td>
addChildAt(<\/span>menuStart,<\/span> 1<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
38<\/td>
\/\/listen for start game event<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
39<\/td>
menuStart.addEventListener<\/span>(<\/span>"START_GAME"<\/span>,<\/span> startTheGame)<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
40<\/td>
}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
41<\/td>
 <\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>
}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
43<\/td>
}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
44<\/td>
<\/pre><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div><\/pre><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here is a tutorial that shows you how to create and use a custom event using the dispatchEvent() method. Here is a class for a start screen ‘.fla’ file:  Javascript |  copy code |? 01package {02 03import flash.display.MovieClip;04import flash.events.Event;05import flash.events.MouseEvent;06 07public class mcStartGameScreen extends MovieClip {08 09\/\/create vars10public var mcStart:MovieClip;11 12public function mcStartGameScreen() {13\/\/ constructor code14mcStart.buttonMode = true;15mcStart.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startClick);16}17 18private function startClick(e:MouseEvent):void19{20dispatchEvent(new Event("START_GAME"));21}22 23}24} Here is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[734,735],"class_list":["post-8752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-as3","tag-flash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8752"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8756,"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752\/revisions\/8756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}