I do like that. I'm hoping that I can have all of my buttons auto register
themselves to the main EventListener when they are dragged on stage. I'm
going to give it a try.
Thanks again,
Mani
On 2/1/06, Scott Hyndman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ActionStep buttons (and thus, Apple's Cocoa buttons) don't dispatch
> events, and they work great. Rather, they use "actions" and "targets". They
> are perfect for most uses, as buttons do not generally have multiple
> observers.
>
> The basic idea is that the "target" is the observer, and the "action" is
> the method that will be called on target when the button has clicked. So,
> here's some sample code:
>
> public var target:Object;
> public var action:String;
> public function onMouseDown():Void {
> target[action](this);
> }
>
> Pretty simple, handles the most common use of a button and requires very
> little code.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Manuel
> Saint-Victor
> Sent: Wed 2/1/2006 1:45 PM
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Cc:
> Subject: [Flashcoders] How much size does eventdispatcher add to my
> class?
>
> I'm working on some button classes that I'm trying to make super-small and
> would love to have the ability for them to dispatch events. If I use the
> eventDispatcher in my button superclass that they all inherit how much
> size
> would I be looking at added in a compiled file?
>
> Another related question is- would I be better off having my buttons
> dispatch a generic click event that would have a property that set the
> command such as "shrink", and "grow" and then having the logic in my
> event-listening class sort it out with a switch statement or dispatching
> events that match the methods already on the eventListener?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mani
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