Actionscript 3 Button that counts clicks

[Pcow]

I know I am a total noob to flash, but is there a way to make a button that has a number that goes up each time you click it in actionscript 3? If so please HELP ME!!!

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

If you created a button and assigned it an instance name "btn", the following code will do what you ask...

var clickCount:int = 0;

btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, addClick);

function addClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {

      clickCount++;

}

[Pcow]

Well, where is the number of clicks supposed to show up?

[Moynzy]

if you have a dynamic text, give it the instance name _clickTxt

covert clickCount in to a string

_clickTxt.text = clickCountString;

[Pcow]

Ok, so here is the code I have:

1. stop();
3. var clickCount:int = 0;
7. btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, addClick);
11. function addClick(event:MouseEvent):void {
13.       clickCount++;
15. }
17. _clickTxt.text = " SCORE:"+clickCount.toString();

When i run the program, I see the text box says "SCORE: 0" and when I click the button nothing happens. Is there some sort of way I need to update the string after every click?

[Ned Murphy]

Yes, each time you increment the value you update the textfield too...

• function addClick(event:MouseEvent):void {
•       clickCount++;
•       _clickTxt.text = " SCORE:"+clickCount.toString();
• }