Actionscript "recording" of events: not every event registers

Question

Hi.
I am using a playbar and the hittestObject method to drop instances of movie clips onto the stage, triggered by 16 pads on the screen.  When I test the mini-application, most of my events register and drop a movie clip onto the stage. (These movie clips are "events" in themselves as they will interact with a second playback bar which will play a sound when the bar hits the recorded note.)
However why don't all of my events register?  I can post the code if necessary, but I will have to post only the critical parts as i recall that my code is rather long for posting in a usable forum post.
Thanks in advance,
-markerline
P.S.:   here is the partial code
function onTBoxPlayBackingPlay(e:Event):void{
    //trace("___________hello");
    if(e.target.hitTestObject(myPlayBackingBar)){
         e.target.play(); 
        var tmc:MovieClip=e.target.getChildAt(0) as MovieClip;
        tmc.play();
        trace("hit1");
//================
function onTBoxMouse(e:MouseEvent):void{
    CPressed=true;
    //if(myRecorDingGoing){
    //e.target.play();
    if(e.target){
        CPressedArr.push(e.target.name);
        trace(CPressedArr+":CPRESSEDARR============="+CPressedArr.length+" LENGTH");
        trace(CPressed+":CPRESSED");
            for(var i:int=1;i<10;i++){
                trace(i+" :i ==================");
                if(e.target.name==String(CPressedArr[i-1])){
                var tbox:MovieClip=new MovieClip();
                //tbox=MovieClip(getChildByName("box0"+i+"_mc"));
                C=Class(getDefinitionByName("box0"+String(i)+"_mc"));
                if(myRecorDingGoing){
                tbox.addChild(new C());
                CPressedArrText.text=String(CPressedArr.length);
                tbox.width=20;
                tbox.height=20;
                tbox.stop();
                var tmc:MovieClip=tbox.getChildAt(0) as MovieClip;
                tmc.stop();
                //tmc.name=String(i);
                //tmc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onTBoxEnterFrame);
                tbox.x=myRecorDingBar.x/2.35+600;
                tbox.y=Number(String(CPressedArr[i-1]))*tmc.height+1;
                //C.stop();
                addChild(tbox);
                CObj.push(tmc);
                trace(CObj+" CObj is not null");
                if(CObj==null){
                    trace(CObj+" is null");
                    CObj=[];
                    CObj.push(tmc);
                tbox.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onTBoxPlayBackingPlay);
                tbox.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onTBoxPlayBackingPlayStop);
                tbox.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onTBoxDelete);
                trace(C);
/////////=======================
Message was edited by: markerline

Answer 1

Read up the differences between target/currentTarget
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8517437/as3-difference-between-target-vs-currenttarget
In most usecases, especailly with nested MovieClips, you have the best control over events with currentTarget.
Another problem is your usage of enterframe listners:
tbox.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onTBoxPlayBackingPlay);
tbox.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onTBoxPlayBackingPlayStop);
you add 2 differnt functions listening to the same event inside a for-loop.
That makes no sense.
add instead one ENTER_FRAME Listener to the stage
outside of any other  functions/loops
and put any logic inside there