User Guide

Button 291

Example

Add a button instance to the Stage with an instance name

my_btn and add the following code

to Frame 1 of the Timeline:

trace(my_btn._target); //displays /my_btn

Select my_btn and convert it to a movie clip. Give the new movie clip an instance name

my_mc. Delete the existing ActionScript in Frame 1 of the Timeline and replace it with:

my_mc.my_btn.onRelease = function(){

trace(this._target); //displays /my_mc/my_btn

};

To convert the notation from slash notation to dot notation, modify the previous code

example to the following:

my_mc.my_btn.onRelease = function(){

trace(eval(this._target)); //displays _level0.my_mc.my_btn

};

This lets you access methods and parameters of the target object, such as:

my_mc.my_btn.onRelease = function(){

var target_btn:Button = eval(this._target);

trace(target_btn._name); //displays my_btn

};