can F,CS3,AS3 detect the movieClip instance name by mouse click?

Code:

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import flash.events.MouseEvent;
//
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, reportClick);
function reportClick(event:MouseEvent):void
{       
        trace("movieClip Instance Name = " + this.event.currentTarget.name);       
}

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i do have on stage some movie clips that already given instance names .... "shape_01" , "shape_02" , ... "shape_50"

i am looking for some thing like:

1- user click on any shape
2- flash detect that shape instance name
2- flash store that name in a variable to be used later.

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thanks in advance

Hi :)
I had similar problem in Flash 8 and I solved it like this:

Code:

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movieClipInstanceName.onRelease = function{
var someVar:String = new String(this);
}

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This returns the full name of the movie clip instance name!
It's not for CS3, but I hope the idea is same and it will work for you!

event.target is the object clicked

senocular- sorry, but why? i would have guessed the first also..,.

senocular:
thanks ... that did take it .. as i was planning ;]

alchemist_bg:
thanks .. but it was AS3 :]

mlecho:
thanks also for being here ;)

it is now like this:

Code:

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import flash.events.MouseEvent;
//
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, reportClick);
function reportClick(event:MouseEvent):void
{       
        trace("movieClip Instance Name = " + event.target.name);       
}

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by mlecho

senocular- sorry, but why? i would have guessed the first also..,.

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event.target is the origin of the event. If you click on a shape on the screen (that is clickable) that is what event.target will be and it will remain that shape for all event handlers that handle the event throughout its propagation.

event.currentTarget is the current object handling the event. This can be either the event.target or any parent objects for the target as each of its parents receive the event through propatation. For events that don't propagate, event.target and event.currentTarget will always be the same. event.currentTarget also matches the object from which you used addEventListener.

So you can add an event listener to root and then click on a circle in root and the event handler listener will be passed a MouseEvent event object whose target is circle and currentTarget is root - circle is what was clicked, and root is the object now handling the event (from which addEventListener was called). root got the event through propagation.

For more, read:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionsc...dling_as3.html

import flash.events.MouseEvent; doesnt work for me.

I get :

'flash.event.MouseEvent' could not be loaded.

I tried this too with same error:

import mx.event.MouseEvent;

did you put the code inside a class?

if not that line is not needed.