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AS3 Custom Event Dispatching

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  1. package  
  2. {
  3. 	import flash.display.MovieClip;
  4.  
  5. 	/**
  6. 	 * ...
  7. 	 * @author Jeff Nehlsen
  8. 	 */
  9. 	public class CustomEventExample extends MovieClip 
  10. 	{
  11. 		public function CustomEventExample() 
  12. 		{
  13. 			// Add an event handler for both types of events in my CustomEvent class
  14. 			addEventListener(CustomEvent.EVENT_DEFAULT, onDefaultEvent);
  15. 			addEventListener(CustomEvent.EVENT_CUSTOM, onCustomEvent);
  16.  
  17. 			// Dispatch the 'default' event
  18. 			dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent());
  19.  
  20. 			// Dispatch a 'custom' event.
  21. 			dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(CustomEvent.EVENT_CUSTOM));
  22. 		}
  23.  
  24. 		// When a custom event is caught, a message will show.
  25. 		private function onCustomEvent(e:CustomEvent):void 
  26. 		{
  27. 			trace("Custom event caught!");
  28. 		}
  29.  
  30. 		// When a default evnet is caught, this message will show.
  31. 		private function onDefaultEvent(e:CustomEvent):void 
  32. 		{
  33. 			trace("Default event caught!");
  34. 		}
  35. 	}
  36.  
  37. }

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