Please help : two events on one button

Question

Hi there
I set up a simple Flash banner with the following code to click through  to a web page:
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("**URL**"));
trace("You clicked me.");
This worked fine, no problems.
However, I was then asked to include a click counter by using this code:
btn.buttonMode = true;
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goOut);
function goOut(e:Event){
var url:String = root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag;
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(**URL**);
try {
navigateToURL(request);
catch (e:Error) {
I've tried various ways to combine the two events, but it just doesn't  seem to work. I'm only used to one simple action at a time(!) and this  is needed urgently.
Can anyone please help me resolve this problem? I will keep an eye on  the forum to update with any necessary info asked for.
Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can just call two different functions by adding two listeners:
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goOut);
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
If you want to combine them though, you do have one error - the goOut function needs to accept a MouseEvent, not a regular Event:
function goOut(e:MouseEvent){
Also, you shouldn't need the root when grabbing the FlashVar:
var url:String = loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag;
You should put a trace in there to make sure it's working as expected.
And you didn't really say what isn't working. Do you get any errors?