on(Press) == onPress???

[p3t3]

If you have a MC instance with a on(press) handler set at design time. You then duplicate that clip with actionscript. Now, is there a way to change the on(Press) handler of the new copy.

newMC.onPress = function() {trace("oioi"}

seems inefective, and the original on(Press) handler is still left in place...

any ideas...?? Pete

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Digital Soma

 

[oldnewbie]

This way of doing it seems to work for me...

http://odin.prohosting.com/~oldnew/onpress.html

http://odin.prohosting.com/~oldnew/onpress.fla

Regards,

 

[p3t3]

thanks. Couldnt get your fla to download unfortunatly. FOr anyone interested, I managed to find this

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/event_methods/event_methods02.html

document, which, informs that on(Press) and thisClip.onPress actualy exist together and independtaly.

So, it seems I have to

duplicate my Old clip
newClip.enabled = false //to stop old on(press) handler
newClip.onPress = function() {foo}

PS this situation has only come about as Im maintaing some code with hundereds of old on(press) codes, As far as I can tell there is no advantage to using this method anymore...?

Pete.

http://www.freesome.com

Digital Soma