Use movie clip event handler function, but not via an event

Question

Let's say I have the following code:
var initObj = new Object();
initObj.mood = "happy";
mc = attachMovie("mcBox","instBox",100,initObj);
mc.onPress = boxPress;
function boxPress() {
trace("Box mood: " + this.mood);
Now, let's say there are times that I want to call boxPress()
other than when the onPress event happens. In other words, I want
to call boxPress() for a movie clip via my AS code, but not when an
onPress event has occurred for that movie clip. Is this possible?
Or is it possible to simulate or force an onPress event for a movie
clip so that the handler function gets called for that movie clip?

Answer 1

addEventListener only works with components in ActionScript 2
"workingonasite" <[email protected]> wrote
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> So I am trying to get my head around event Listeners.
When I use this
> example
> on a button it works fine:
>
> but when I add the same listener to a movie Clip on the
stage with an
> instance
> name of "box", it does not work. Is there something
basic I am missing?
>
>
>
> var buttonListener:Object = new Object();
> buttonListener.click = function(eventObj:Object) {
> trace("click");
> };
> mybutton.addEventListener("click", buttonListener);
>