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kwiwii
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December 10, 2011
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use button to set a variable

  • December 10, 2011
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hi, can someone help me.

I would like to use a couple of buttons that I made to set a variable. I'd like to use the instance name of the button(s) as the value stored as the variable. how can i code this?

thanks.

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Correct answer Ned Murphy

You can use the currentTarget of the event to target the button and acquire its name...

var btnName:String;

btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, storeName);

function storeName(evt:MouseEvent):void {
     btnName = evt.currentTarget.name;

     trace(btnName); // will trace "btn"
}

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Ned Murphy
Ned MurphyCorrect answer
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December 10, 2011

You can use the currentTarget of the event to target the button and acquire its name...

var btnName:String;

btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, storeName);

function storeName(evt:MouseEvent):void {
     btnName = evt.currentTarget.name;

     trace(btnName); // will trace "btn"
}

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kwiwiiAuthor
Participant
December 10, 2011

Thank you so much! That worked and I was trying so many things last night. I'm new to flash...

Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
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December 10, 2011

You're welcome.  It's good to try things, even when they don't work... you learn either way.

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