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Button Template Class in AS3

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Here is a template button class, ive been using for my projects. Cheers!

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  1. /*
  2.  
  3. 	Author: Alvin Crespo
  4. 	Date: 3/1/2010
  5.  
  6. 	TemplateButton is a template class for buttons.
  7.  
  8. */
  9. package acrespo.classes.templates{
  10.  
  11. 	//display
  12. 	import flash.display.MovieClip;
  13.  
  14. 	//events
  15. 	import flash.events.Event;
  16. 	import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  17.  
  18. 	public class TemplateButton extends MovieClip{
  19.  
  20. 		private var cButtonArea:MovieClip;
  21.  
  22. 		public function Button(){ } //Constructor
  23.  
  24. 		protected function setClickArea(pButtonArea:MovieClip):void{ initiateClickArea(pButtonArea); }
  25.  
  26. 		private function initiateClickArea(pButtonArea:MovieClip):void{
  27. 			cButtonArea = pButtonArea;
  28. 			cButtonArea.buttonMode = true;
  29. 			cButtonArea.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, buttonDown);
  30. 			cButtonArea.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, buttonUp);
  31. 			cButtonArea.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, buttonOver);
  32. 			cButtonArea.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, buttonOut);		
  33. 		}
  34.  
  35. 		private function buttonDown(e:MouseEvent):void {
  36. 			stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, buttonUp);
  37. 			gotoAndStop('down');
  38. 		}
  39.  
  40. 		private function buttonUp(e:MouseEvent):void {
  41. 			stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, buttonUp);
  42. 			if (e.currentTarget != cButtonArea) {//onreleaseoutside
  43. 				gotoAndStop('normal');
  44. 			} else {//onrelease
  45. 				buttonUpAction();
  46. 			}
  47. 		}
  48.  
  49. 		protected function buttonUpAction():void{ }
  50.  
  51. 		private function buttonOver(e:MouseEvent):void {
  52. 			if (e.buttonDown) {//ondragover
  53.  
  54. 			} else {//onrollover
  55.  
  56. 			}			 
  57. 			gotoAndStop('over');
  58. 		}	
  59.  
  60. 		private function buttonOut(e:MouseEvent):void {
  61. 			//The user is dragging something from the target object
  62. 			if (e.buttonDown) {//ondragout
  63. 				gotoAndStop('down');
  64. 			} else {//onrollout
  65. 				gotoAndStop('normal');
  66. 			}
  67. 		}
  68.  
  69. 	}//end of class
  70. }//end of package
  71.  
  72.  
  73. /*
  74.  
  75. The Following is how you would extend that class
  76.  
  77. */
  78. package acrespo.classes.buttons{
  79.  
  80. 	//classes
  81. 	import acrespo.classes.templates.TemplateButton;
  82. 	import acrespo.classes.MainDocument;
  83.  
  84. 	public class UploadFileButton extends TemplateButton{
  85.  
  86. 		public function UploadFileButton():void{ 
  87. 			setClickArea(buttonarea); //function of parent class TemplateButton
  88. 		}
  89.  
  90. 		override protected function buttonUpAction():void{
  91. 			MainDocument(parent)._FileManager.uploadFiles();
  92. 		}//end of buttonUpAction
  93.  
  94. 	}//end of class
  95. }//end of package

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