Add event listeners to dynamically loaded symbols?

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to dynamically load different MovieClips based on user input. Several of those clips have embedded url link symbols. How can I add event listeners to the url links if the dynamically loaded MovieClip does not have an instance name? Seems like I can (right?) apply an instance name when the clip is loading, but the event listener doesn't compile because the name is not there yet, so that seems out.
Am I on right track?

Answer 1

Are you saying that you will instnatiate this symbol several times and each time url for this link is going to be different?
There are at list two ways to deal with it.
1. Inside symbol you can dispatch a custom event once it is clicked:
myLink.addeventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
function onClick(e:MouseEvent):void {
     dispatchEvent(new Event("linkClick"));
Wherever you instantiate the symbol (perhaps on timeline):
var symbolInstance:MySymbol = new MySymbol();
symbolInstance.addEventListener("linkClick", onLinkClick);
function onLinkClick(e:Event):void {
     // do whatever
Second way would be to pass url value into symbol instance itself and deal with with it on a symbol level. I personally prefere way 1.