Event.target movieclip

I have a movieclip named button1 that contains a dynamic text named txt in it.
My problem is that if i try
if(event.target==button1)
it will only recognize the click when it dosent intersect the dynamic textfield
So i have to do:
if(event.target==button1||event.target==button1.txt)
do you have any explanation for why i cant only check if the target is button1? because the textfield is inside the button so normally it is considered as a part of it
because the movieclip button1 is the container

Use currentTarget instead of target.
The difference between them is that target is the object that dispatched the event, while currentTarget is the object with the listener assigned to it. Sometimes they are the same object, but target can often be another object within the object that has the listener assigned to it.
If you would like an explanation/with examples...
http://www.wastedpotential.com/?p=10

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How to check event.target type in "if" statement

Hi, i have "roll over" event listener and i would like to that works only with MovieClips (without textfields etc.). I would like to write something like that:
if(event.target == MovieClip){ do something }
else { do something else}
This doesn`t work properly.
How to check type of event.target in "if" statement?
Thanks for any help.

:
if(getQualifiedClassName(event.target) == "flash.display::MovieClip"){ do something }
else { do something else}
.

Remove MovieClip with event.target.content

Hi every one please i need your help i have this code and i want to remove baresClip but i cante removeit please helpme
var loaderBares:Loader = new Loader();
    loaderBares.unload();
    loaderBares.load(new URLRequest("negocio/bares.swf"));
loaderBares.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loadBares);
function loadBares(event:Event){
          var baresClip:MovieClip = event.target.content;
          baresClip.x= -474;
          baresClip.y= -135;
          addChild(baresClip);
baresClip.over1.receta1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, prueba);
          function prueba(event:MouseEvent):void{
                              gotoAndStop("receta1");
                              removeChild(baresClip); /*Here is working*/
MovieClip(root).mc_negocio.menu_negocio.btn_botanas.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goToBotanas);
function goToBotanas(event:MouseEvent):void
removeChild(baresClip);   /*Here is not working*/
          gotoAndPlay("botanas");

oh, i see what you're doing. you made baresClip local to loadBares.
to remedy, use:
var baresClip:MovieClip
var loaderBares:Loader = new Loader();
    loaderBares.unload();
    loaderBares.load(new URLRequest("negocio/bares.swf"));
loaderBares.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loadBare s);
function loadBares(event:Event){
          baresClip = event.target.content;
          baresClip.x= -474;
          baresClip.y= -135;
          addChild(baresClip);
baresClip.over1.receta1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, prueba);
          function prueba(event:MouseEvent):void{
                              gotoAndStop("receta1");
                              removeChild(baresClip); /*Here is working*/
MovieClip(root).mc_negocio.menu_negocio.btn_botanas.addEventListener(M ouseEvent.CLICK, goToBotanas);
function goToBotanas(event:MouseEvent):void
removeChild(baresClip);   /*Here is not working*/
          gotoAndPlay("botanas");

How do I use event.target.name in AS2?

Thanks to kglad I was able to see how event.target.name in AS3 could make a button load a movieclip with the same namesake.
I'm doing the same thing now in AS2 but don't know what to write instead of event.target.name.
And so at the moment each button pushes info into an array and then a function uses that to decide which movieclip to attach to a holder after it has faded out once, and then fades in again...
// ***** IMAGE GALLERY START ***** //
// Add image to holder
imgholder.attachMovie("img0", "image0_0", 1)
// Array
var nextLoad = ["img0"];
// Btn listeners
img5.onRelease = function() { trace (nextLoad); nextLoad.pop(); nextLoad.push("img5"); btnClick() } // Written on 1 line
img4.onRelease = function() { trace (nextLoad); nextLoad.pop(); nextLoad.push("img4"); btnClick() }
img3.onRelease = function() { trace (nextLoad); nextLoad.pop(); nextLoad.push("img3"); btnClick() }
img2.onRelease = function() { trace (nextLoad); nextLoad.pop(); nextLoad.push("img2"); btnClick() }
img1.onRelease = function() {
nextLoad.pop();
nextLoad.push("img1");
btnClick()
img0.onRelease = function() {
nextLoad.pop();
nextLoad.push("img0");
btnClick()
// The btn function
function btnClick() {
trace ("click");
var myImgTween:Object = new Tween(imgholder, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 100, 0, 1, true);
myImgTween.onMotionFinished = function() {
fadeOutImg();
// The btn function part II
function fadeOutImg() {
trace ("fadeOutImg");
imgholder.attachMovie(nextLoad, "image1_1", 1);
var myImgTween:Object = new Tween(imgholder, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, 1, true);
I know I should be able to push the button name into the array, but am having to use a string... I'm sure my code is cumbersome!! But it works. I've tried pushing the button name but it end up including the full stage reference.
Is there a cleaner way of doing this using event.target.name?
Thanks for looking!

There is no event.target in AS2. However since AS2 has no way of remembering the scope object where the target object resides, you can use this to your advantage to retrieve the name of the target by using the "this" command in the function whenever you use the above format "mc.onPress = myfunc". FYI, the popular workaround Delegate, made it possible that when you called "this" in the function, you could retrieve the scope object where the target instance resides. So without its use, "this" will return the name of the target object. Anyway this is the code you can use:
imgholder.attachMovie("img0","image0_0",1);
var nextLoad = ["img0"];
img5.onRelease = onImgRelease;
img4.onRelease = onImgRelease;
img3.onRelease = onImgRelease;
img2.onRelease = onImgRelease;
img1.onRelease = onImgRelease;
img0.onRelease = onImgRelease;
function onImgRelease():Void {
   nextLoad.pop();
   nextLoad.push(this._name);
   btnClick();
// The btn function
function btnClick() {
   trace("click");
   var myImgTween:Object = new Tween(imgholder, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 100, 0, 1, true);
   myImgTween.onMotionFinished = function() {
      fadeOutImg();
// The btn function part II
function fadeOutImg() {
   trace("fadeOutImg");
   imgholder.attachMovie(nextLoad,"image1_1",1);
   var myImgTween:Object = new Tween(imgholder, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, 1, true);

Attached corresponding image in mouse without using event.target.name in actionscript 3

Hi,
AS3:
How to get general id (or) name from xml loaded images. bcoz, i want to drag and drop that images in generic method. Now, i currently used the event.target.name for each one.
So, code length was too large. See my code below.
/*********loading images through xml********/
var bg_container_mc:MovieClip
var bg_bg_myXMLLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
bg_bg_myXMLLoader.load(new URLRequest("xml/backgroundimages.xml"));
bg_bg_myXMLLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML_bg);
function processXML_bg(e:Event):void {
          var bg_myXML:XML=new XML(e.target.data);
          columns_bg=bg_myXML.@COLUMNS;
          bg_my_x=bg_myXML.@XPOSITION;
          bg_my_y=bg_myXML.@YPOSITION;
          bg_my_thumb_width=bg_myXML.@WIDTH;
          bg_my_thumb_height=bg_myXML.@HEIGHT;
          bg_my_images=bg_myXML.IMAGE;
          bg_my_total=bg_my_images.length();
          bg_container_mc = new MovieClip();
          bg_container_mc.x=bg_my_x;
          bg_container_mc.y=bg_my_y;
          ContentHead.addChild(bg_container_mc);
          for (var i:Number = 0; i < bg_my_total; i++) {
                   var bg_thumb_url=bg_my_images[i].@THUMB;
                    var bg_thumb_loader = new Loader();
                   bg_thumb_loader.load(new URLRequest(bg_thumb_url));
                   bg_thumb_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, thumbLoaded_bg);
                   bg_thumb_loader.name="bg_load"+i;
                   bg_thumb_loader.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, bg_down)
                   bg_thumb_loader.x = (bg_my_thumb_width-18)*bg_x_counter;
                   bg_thumb_loader.y = (bg_my_thumb_height-45)*bg_y_counter;
                   if (bg_x_counter+1<columns_bg) {
                             bg_x_counter++;
                   } else {
                             bg_x_counter=0;
                             bg_y_counter++;
function thumbLoaded_bg(e:Event):void {
          var my_thumb_bg:Loader=Loader(e.target.loader);
         var sprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
          var shape:Shape = new Shape();
          shape.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x0098FF);
          shape.graphics.drawRect(e.target.loader.x-2, e.target.loader.y-2, e.target.loader.width+4, e.target.loader.height+4);
          sprite.addChild(shape);
          sprite.addChild(my_thumb_bg);
          sprite.x=4;
          bg_container_mc.addChild(sprite);
          my_thumb_bg.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, thumbLoaded_bg);
// get name for each image.
I want to change this code in generic method. do needful.
function bg_down(event:MouseEvent):void {
          var bg_name:String=new String(event.currentTarget.name);
          var bg_load:MovieClip=event.currentTarget as MovieClip;
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load0") {
                  var alaska_mc:alaska_png=new alaska_png();
                   addChild(alaska_mc);
                   alaska_mc.x=stage.mouseX;
                   alaska_mc.y=stage.mouseY;
                   alaska_mc.name="alaska_duplicate"+alaska_inc;
                   alaska_inc++;
                   alaska_mc.startDrag(false);
                  alaska_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
                   alaska_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load1") {
                   var lake_mc:lake_png=new lake_png();
                   addChild(lake_mc);
                   lake_mc.x=lake_mc.mouseX;
                   lake_mc.y=lake_mc.mouseY;
                   lake_mc.name="lake_duplicate"+lake_inc;
                   lake_inc++;
                   lake_mc.startDrag(false);
                   lake_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load2") {
                   var mountn_mc:mountn_png=new mountn_png();
                   addChild(mountn_mc);
                   mountn_mc.x=mountn_mc.mouseX;
                   mountn_mc.y=mountn_mc.mouseY;
                   mountn_mc.name="mountn_duplicate"+mountn_inc;
                   mountn_inc++;
                   mountn_mc.startDrag(false);
                   mountn_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load3") {
                   var town_mc:town_png=new town_png();
                   addChild(town_mc);
                   town_mc.x=town_mc.mouseX;
                   town_mc.y=town_mc.mouseY;
                   town_mc.name="town_duplicate"+town_inc;
                   town_inc++;
                   town_mc.startDrag(false);
                   town_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load4") {
                   var water_mc:water_png=new water_png();
                   addChild(water_mc);
                   water_mc.x=water_mc.mouseX;
                   water_mc.y=water_mc.mouseY;
                   water_mc.name="water_duplicate"+water_inc;
                   water_inc++;
                   water_mc.startDrag(false);
                  water_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load5") {
                   var city_mc:city_png=new city_png();
                   addChild(city_mc);
                   city_mc.x=city_mc.mouseX;
                   city_mc.y=city_mc.mouseY;
                   city_mc.name="city_duplicate"+city_inc;
                   city_inc++;
                   city_mc.startDrag(false);
                  city_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load6") {
                    var citywide_mc:citywide_png=new citywide_png();
                   addChild(citywide_mc);
                   citywide_mc.x=citywide_mc.mouseX;
                   citywide_mc.y=citywide_mc.mouseY;
                   citywide_mc.name="citywide_duplicate"+citywide_inc;
                   citywide_inc++;
                   citywide_mc.startDrag(false);
                  citywide_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load7") {
                   var downtown_mc:downtown_png=new downtown_png();
                   addChild(downtown_mc);
                   downtown_mc.x=downtown_mc.mouseX;
                   downtown_mc.y=downtown_mc.mouseY;
                   downtown_mc.name="downtown_duplicate"+downtown_inc;
                   downtown_inc++;
                   downtown_mc.startDrag(false);
                  downtown_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load8") {
                   var powerlines_mc:powerlines_png=new powerlines_png();
                   addChild(powerlines_mc);
                   powerlines_mc.x=powerlines_mc.mouseX;
                   powerlines_mc.y=powerlines_mc.mouseY;
                   powerlines_mc.name="powerlines_duplicate"+powerlines_inc;
                   powerlines_inc++;
                   powerlines_mc.startDrag(false);
                  powerlines_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load9") {
                   var tropical_mc:tropical_png=new tropical_png();
                   addChild(tropical_mc);
                   tropical_mc.x=tropical_mc.mouseX;
                   tropical_mc.y=tropical_mc.mouseY;
                   tropical_mc.name="tropical_duplicate"+tropical_inc;
                   tropical_inc++;
                   tropical_mc.startDrag(false);
                  tropical_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
          if (event.currentTarget.name=="bg_load10") {
                   var waters_mc:waters_png=new waters_png();
                   addChild(waters_mc);
                   waters_mc.x=waters_mc.mouseX;
                   waters_mc.y=waters_mc.mouseY;
                   waters_mc.name="waters_duplicate"+waterthumb_inc;
                   waterthumb_inc++;
                   waters_mc.startDrag(false);
                  waters_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stdrag);
Please suggest me if any one.
Regards,
Viji. S

for each loader created, create a movieclip and add your loader to the movieclip. assign all the properties you want to retrieve later to the movieclip and assign your event listeners to the movieclip.

Event.Target issue

Hi, I think I wrote this wrong but can't find a solution.
This works:
Parts1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, RunTraining);
function RunTraining(e:MouseEvent):void
Global.run = Parts1_mc.Parts1.text;
trace(Global.run);
When I do this, I get a undefined error message:
Parts1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, RunTraining);
function RunTraining(e:MouseEvent):void
Global.run = Parts1_mc.event.target.text;
trace(Global.run);

Simpler is a relative thing, so I may miss since my understanding of this is also simple (more of an acceptance than an understanding)... greater minds might prevail here with a better explanation (or possibly a more confusing one).
From what you just quoted, the simplest way of stating part of it was just as it is stated...
     “currentTarget” is the Movieclip (object) that you applied the listener to.
So if you assigned the listener to Parts1_mc, the currentTarget of the event is Parts1_mc. That will not vary.
But Parts1_mc contains other objects, in your case a textfield, which is an interactive object and if interacted with will trigger the event. Since it is a child of Parts1_mc it still gets detected by the listener that is assigned to Parts1_mc.
You should go thru the explanation you linked and try to see how different elements can end up being the target under different conditions. That same link is where I was going to point you to to explain things.
Another thing you could do is just create a simple movieclip object (named container below) that contains various different types of objects.... a button, a movieclip, a dynamic textfield, a static textfield, a raw shape... and use the code below to see what comes up each time as far as currentTarget and target go...
container.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showTargets);
function showTargets(evt:MouseEvent):void {
    trace(evt.currentTarget.name);
    trace("     "+evt.target.name);
Sometimes you will see they both identify the same object (the container), but other times the target will be different.
The "target" property of the event can end up being helpful in different scenarios, such as if you have a drop down menu. You can assign the listeners to the parent movieclip to make coding the rollover/rollout functionality a quick couple of lines, and then use the target to determine which button within was clicked. Beats the hoops one usually jumps thru when making a drop down menu in AS2.
If the intention is to manipulate the object that has the listener assigned, then using currentTarget will always point you there.

Event.target confusion?

I'm trying to reusing function by using event.target, but after searching and trying different method online, I found the hardest part to understand is event.target part...
can anyone please explain to me what is the difference between(the example on right showing where I encounter those code):
1.event.target
2.event.target.name
3.event.currentTarget                             //e.g. event.currentTarget.addChild(myMc);
4.event.currentTarget.name                    //e.g. var newswf:URLRequest= new URLRequest( event.target.name +".swf");
5. MovieClip(event.currentTarget)            //e.g. addChild(MovieClip(event.currentTarget));

I believe that Circle is extending MovieClip so it is MovieClip. The circle is many things, you just have to say the compiler which one you mean
This is the inheritance of MovieClip:
MovieClip Sprite DisplayObjectContainer InteractiveObject DisplayObject EventDispatcher Object
The main culprit is the event.currentTarget property, which returns the safest option, Object. But it doesn't mean the circle becames only Object and nothing more, it means that the circle is just treated as just-an-object until you explicitly say "treat it as a MovieClip" by casting it as MovieClip: MovieClip(event.currentTarget).

Why can't I remove event.target?

My parent class adds bonus_mc
It then adds an event listener to bonus_mc to listen for a custom event
When the custom event is dispatched I want the parent_mc to remove event.target. But it wont, it's says 1118: Implicit coercion of a value with static type Object to a possibly unrelated type flash.display: DisplayObject.

Well here is my class's code. It's the last function that is causing me problems - remove bonus. The bonus object is dispatching an event when it's y position is>390, so the event listener is working. It's a problem with how am I trying to remove the bonus.
I just tried casting it to no avail.
package {
     import flash.display.*;
     import flash.events.*;
     public class GameScreen extends MovieClip {
          var paddle:Paddle;
          var ball:Ball;
          var bonusType:Array;
          var brick:Brick;
          var hitBrick:Brick;
          var level:Level;
          var levelNum:Number=1;
          var bonus:Bonus;
          var brickArray:Array;
          var hitTest:Boolean;
          var hitArray:Array;
          var bonusToBeRemoved:Bonus;
          public function GameScreen() {
               setUpGame(levelNum)
               //this.addEventListener
          private function setUpGame(frameNo:Number){
               ball=new Ball();
               paddle=new Paddle();
               addChild(paddle)
               paddle.x=300;
               paddle.y=380;level=new Level(frameNo)
               addChild(level)
               addChild(ball);
               this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,updateGame)
          private function updateGame(e:Event):void{
               testPaddleCollision();
               paddle.movePaddle();
               checkBrickHit()
          private function checkBrickHit():void{
                    for(var i:int=0;i<level.numChildren;i++){
                         if(level.getChildAt(i) is Brick){
                               brick=Brick(level.getChildAt(i))
                                   if(brick.hitTestPoint(ball.x,ball.y,true)){
                                        brick.noOfHits++
                                        hitArray=brick.respondToHit()
                                        if(hitArray["removeBrick"]){
                                                  level.removeChild(brick)
                                        if(hitArray["isBonus"]){
                                                  addBonus(hitArray["xPos"],hitArray["yPos"])
          private function testPaddleCollision():void{
               if (ball.hitTestObject(paddle)){
                         ball.bounceOnPaddle(1);
          private function addBonus(xPos:Number,yPos:Number){
               bonus=new Bonus();
               bonus.x=xPos
               bonus.y=yPos
               addChild(bonus)
               bonus.addEventListener(Bonus.OFFSCREEN,removeBonus)
               if(paddle.hitTestObject(bonus)){
                    applyBonus()
          private function applyBonus(){
          private function removeBonus(e:Event){
               bonusToBeRemoved=Bonus(e.target)
               removeChild(DisplayObject(e.target))

How do I use the event.target.name String with an external dispatchEvent?

...I hope the title question makes sense...
On my stage I have an externally loaded SWF with a button. When clicked the button dispatches an event to the main stage.
On the main stage a listener then loads an SWF into a loader called gallery.
The gallery loader is also being shared by buttons on the main stage which use the event.target.name String to call in SWFs with corresponding names.
I am using Tweens to fade-out and -in content to the gallery when a button is pressed.
Loading the SWFs was working until I tried to create a universal button function for the dispatchEvent buttons...
The problem I have is that I don't know how to define the String to tell the newSWFRequest where to find the SWF when triggered by the external buttons.
(I may be doing this all wrong... but figured the best way to load an SWF on to the main stage from an external SWF was by using dispatchEvent??)
My code triggers the Event and the gallery loader fades out, but then it cannot find the new SWF:
Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2035: URL Not Found.
Please can someone help me understand the way to make the String point in the right direction? (I think the only errors are in bold below)
Code:
var myTweenIn2:Tween;
var myTweenOut2:Tween;
var nextLoadS2:String;
// Listen for external event dispatched from external btns
addEventListener("contactStage", btnClickExtrnl);
function btnClickExtrnl(e:Event):void {
nextLoadS2 = ?????
myTweenOut2=new Tween(gallery,"alpha",None.easeOut,gallery.alpha,0,0.2,true);
myTweenOut2.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH,tweenOutCompleteF2);
// Btns Universal function
function tweenOutCompleteF2(e:TweenEvent){
myTweenOut2.removeEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH,tweenOutCompleteF2);
myTweenOut2=null;
    var newSWFRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("swfs/" + nextLoadS2 + ".swf");
myTweenIn2 = new Tween(gallery, "alpha", None.easeOut, gallery.alpha, 1, 0.2, true);
    gallery.load(newSWFRequest);
    gallery.x = Xpos;
    gallery.y = Ypos;
Thank you.

That works – thank you!
I'm now using this code to fade in each of the SWFs:
function contactStage(e:MouseEvent):void {
    var newSWFRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("swfs/"+e.currentTarget.name+".swf");
    myTweenIn = new Tween(gallery, "alpha", None.easeOut, 0, 1, 0.2, true);
    gallery.load(newSWFRequest);
    gallery.x = Xpos;
    gallery.y = Ypos;
But I cannot add the fade out function. I have amended the above code to create:
var myTweenOutX:Tween;
var myTweenInX:Tween;
function contactStage(e:MouseEvent):void {
myTweenOutX=new Tween(gallery,"alpha",None.easeOut,gallery.alpha,0,0.2,true);
myTweenOutX.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH,tweenOutCompleteFX);
function tweenOutCompleteFX(e:TweenEvent){
myTweenOutX.removeEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH,tweenOutCompleteFX);
myTweenOutX=null;
    var newSWFRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("swfs/"+e.currentTarget.name+".swf");
myTweenInX = new Tween(gallery, "alpha", None.easeOut, 0, 1, 0.2, true);
    gallery.load(newSWFRequest);
    gallery.x = Xpos;
    gallery.y = Ypos;
But get this error:
ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property name not found on fl.transitions.Tween and there is no default value.
at ACOUSTIC_fla::MainTimeline/tweenOutCompleteFX()[ACOUSTIC_fla.MainTimeline::frame1:110]
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at fl.transitions::Tween/set time()
at fl.transitions::Tween/nextFrame()
at fl.transitions::Tween/onEnterFrame()
Where am I going wrong?

AS 3.0 how to set event target?

Hi,
I am trying to execute an event on a specific target and I am
not successful in doing this in AS 3.0 since event.target is read
only. Here is the scenario:
- I have a button and the path to this button is:
DataEntry0._UpdateDeleteProd1.Form10.FormItem102.HBox103.Button104
I know this because I did install a listener to and when I
clicked I recorded the path.
- I would like to execute a click programmatically on that
path by just creating an event and setting the target to that
button
(DataEntry0._UpdateDeleteProd1.Form10.FormItem102.HBox103.Button104)
however I don’t know how to set the target. Can anybody help
or point me to the right direction so I can do this.
Thanks…

zoran,
Sorry,I didn't explain what to do very clearly :).
Básically, the event.taget parameter is set when you use the
dispatchEvent function, so if you want an event to be dispatched
from a Object you must call the dispatchEvent from this function.
The line I gave you wont work by itself since I don't know
how you reference
DataEntry0._UpdateDeleteProd1.Form10.FormItem102.HBox103.Button104
in your application.
But what you need to do is call the dispatchEvent function in
the Button104 object with the specific event you want to trigger.

Event.target == null in AIR client

Hello,
once again I have a question, and this may very well be a tricky one:
I have the need to check if a dynamic XFA form has been signed from inside this form. This is quite easy and works perfectly if I just use a button on the form or just about any script event I can think of. It does, however, NOT work if I use the form inside an AIR client which is using a FormBridge construction to communicate with the PDF.
The problem seems to be that event.target is always null in that case. So what I'm looking for is either an explanation why event.target is null when embedding the form inside AIR or how to check if the form is signed without having to use event.target (or the doc object if you will).
Can anyone think of anything to achieve this?
Many thanks,
Steffen.

Here is the site: http://coenraets.org/blog/2009/12/air-2-0-web-server-using-the-new-server-socket-api/
My question is under socketDataHandler() function.
Thanks.

Using event.target.submitForm to submit a PDF and XML attachment in a single email.

I have a button on a PDF form which emails a PDF and XML attachment of the current form in two seperate emails. The code is as follows:
event.target.submitForm({cURL:"mailto:" + "[email protected]" +"?subject="+"Request for action " + "&body=Please find attached..." ,cSubmitAs:"XML",cCharset:"utf-8"});
event.target.submitForm({cURL:"mailto:" + "[email protected]" +"?subject="+"Request for action " + "&body=Please find attached..." ,cSubmitAs:"PDF",cCharset:"utf-8"});
This results in 2 seperate emails, when all I need is a single email with two attachments. Is there a way to do this?

As far as I know you can only attach one attachment at once.

AS 3.0 event target problem!!!

I have an interesting problem regarding event.target in Flex
2/ActionScript 3.0. I am using the Flex Grocer app in order to try
something out. I am attaching listeners to all the click events and
then printing out event.target to keep track of my events and where
we clicked, nothing revolutionary here very easy stuff. Once I get
the paths I would like to run code that will execute my steps and
play the clicks back based on the event.target information that I
got and I was able to do that except when we have popups. Here is
the problem:
When I execute a click on a button with event.target =
DataEntry0._UpdateDeleteProd1.Form10.FormItem102.HBox103.Button104
A poupup appears and then I click on the close button on that
popup with event.target=
ConfirmScreen464.UIComponent494.Button498
COUPLE OF PROBLEMS HERE:
1) I don’t have the path to the root (DataEntry0) even
though I use the standard event.target.
2) This is even a bigger problem, the DOM path
(ConfirmScreen464.UIComponent494.Button498) is dynamically
generated (the numbers are dynamically generated) so when I use
that path that I got during the time I was monitoring the app, when
I use my code to play the events that very same target does not
correspond to the popup that the fist event caused.
I tried using IDs but in Flex I have not found anything like
document.getElementById() that is available in JavaScript. Any help
on this will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
p.s. I looked at the automation library that Flex has (and
Mercury QTP uses) but that will not work for me.

zoran,
Sorry,I didn't explain what to do very clearly :).
Básically, the event.taget parameter is set when you use the
dispatchEvent function, so if you want an event to be dispatched
from a Object you must call the dispatchEvent from this function.
The line I gave you wont work by itself since I don't know
how you reference
DataEntry0._UpdateDeleteProd1.Form10.FormItem102.HBox103.Button104
in your application.
But what you need to do is call the dispatchEvent function in
the Button104 object with the specific event you want to trigger.

[svn:fx-3.x] 9658: Handle complete events where event. target is not of type LoaderInfo.

Revision: 9658
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-08-26 12:53:16 -0700 (Wed, 26 Aug 2009)
Log Message:
Handle complete events where event.target is not of type LoaderInfo.
QE notes: None.
Doc notes: None.
Bugs: SDK-22710
Reviewer: Alex
Tests run: checkintests
Is noteworthy for integration: no
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-22710
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/branches/3.x/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/core/FlexModuleFactory.as
    flex/sdk/branches/3.x/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/preloaders/Preloader.as

Anyone able to help?

Passing event target name to text field

Hi There,
I'm new to 3.0 and can use some help here... should be an
easy one for you experts...
I just need to pass an event target name to a text field:
square.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,downObj);
function downObj(event:MouseEvent){
targetObj = event.target;
mydrag.visible = true;
targetObj.startDrag();
mydrag.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, dragClip);
target_txt.text = String(event.target);
I've also tried:
target_txt.text = event.target;
but no luck so far..
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Cheers...
Bruno Aun
Flash + Coldfusion Developer
http://www.BrunoAun.com

That's right...
target_txt.text = String(event.target
.name);
works like a charm.
thank you!

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