Quick problem / Error 1067

Question

Real simple program. Basically plots a dot wherever you click. Getting the error 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type Class to an unrelated type Function.
package {
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    public class particle extends MovieClip {
        //private var _xmouse:Number;
        //private var _ymouse:Number;
        private var mc1:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        private var mc2:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        private var mc3:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        private var mc4:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        private var mc5:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        public function particle() {
            mc1.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000, .2);
            mc1.graphics.drawCircle(mouseX,mouseY,5);
            this.addChild(mc1);
            mc2.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000, .2);
            mc2.graphics.drawCircle(mouseX,mouseY,4);
            this.addChild(mc2);
            mc3.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000, .4);
            mc3.graphics.drawCircle(mouseX,mouseY,3);
            this.addChild(mc3);
            mc4.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000, .6);
            mc4.graphics.drawCircle(mouseX,mouseY,2);
            this.addChild(mc4);
            mc5.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000, 1);
            mc5.graphics.drawCircle(mouseX,mouseY,1);
            this.addChild(mc5);
            addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, particle);
Thanks a ton

Answer 1

I dont know if i follow exactly what your trying to do.....and getting tired so i wont run the code myself to see it work
But you cant call the class function from the eventlistener...this line here-->  addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, particle);
particle is your class definition......
instead you should just have per se.........the addEventListener inside the particle function and call another function when it clicks like so
package {
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    public class particle extends MovieClip {
        //private var _xmouse:Number;
        //private var _ymouse:Number;
        private var mc1:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        private var mc2:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        private var mc3:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        private var mc4:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        private var mc5:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        public function particle() {
            addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, particle);
          public function drawParticle(event:MouseEvent)
               mc1.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000, .2);
            mc1.graphics.drawCircle(mouseX,mouseY,5);
            this.addChild(mc1);
something along those lines....its just i'm sleepy so i wont test nor will i try to correct at this time....but you should get my drift... is like 2am right now.....so i'm off.....maybe next time i'll clarify more
thelegendaryghost