EventListener function specific to generated display object container

Question

This has to be simple, if only I knew how. I'm an AS3 newbie,
and am having difficulty setting up multiple specific
EventListeners within a code generated display object container.
I am generating a 'page' (Sprite) with a heap of 'cards'
(Sprites) on it. Each of those cards, in turn, contains a selection
of text boxes and other objects generated from database output
using a 'for' loop.
My hope is to attach an EventListener to each 'card' so that
a MouseEvent will let me manipulate the data that lead to the
content of that actual card (the i-th iteration of my for loop).
I've been playing with everything I can think of (limited
repertoire of thoughts though) and the best I've managed is for my
EventListener to access the final set of data, whichever 'card' I
click on.
I've summarised and attached my code for the function, and
would appreciate any advice (however basic) on how to get back to
the i-set of data from the EventListener attached to the i-th card.
I can handle the PHP and MySQL side of things but am fumbling my
way into the OOP of AS3.
Cheers
Dougal

Answer 1

Another way would be to extend Sprite and add an id value.
Something like:
package{
import flash.display.Sprite;
public class MySprite extends Sprite {
private var _id:int;
public function MySprite(id:int){ _id = id; }
public function get id():int { return _id; }
And then in your code you'd just make instance of MySprite,
passing it i:
// build the cards and text boxes and add them to the
reviewPage
for (var i:int = 1; i < (cardsRequired+1); i++) {
// setup the locations for all the objects
var displayCard:Sprite = new MySprite(i);
You can then get i in the event listener function by using
the id getter:
function accessThisData(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace(e.target.parent.id);
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