Technically speaking, you can instantiate a bogus MouseEvent to call the
function:
myFunction(new MouseEvent(MouseEvent.CLICK));
However, I only mention this to be complete in directly answering the
question. I would think that Matt's suggestion is the more appropriate.
-jonathan
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Matt S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Omar Fouad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've got a function that is called when a listener listens an event
> like:
> >
> > fancyButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myFunction);
> >
> > private function myFunction(e:MouseEvent):void {
> > // statements...
> > }
> >
> > If I try to call myFunction using myFunction() , the compiler throws me
> an
> > error, saying that the function expects an argument. At this point how
> > should I call this function without dispatching the MouseEvent Event??
> >
>
> You might want to separate the functions, so you would have
> myFunction(), which you could call from anywhere, and myClickHandler,
> which would handle the mouse event specifically. So:
>
> fancyButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myClickHandler);
>
> private function myClickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
> myFunction();
> }
>
> private function myFunction():void{
> //blah blah...
> }
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