Question

I have the following code from Adobe:

myListener = new Object();
myListener.click = function(evt){
    trace(evt.type + " triggered");
}
myButton.addEventListener("click", myListener);

But this does not work though the btn on stage have the same Instance name as in code.

Answer 1

The code provided only works with the actual button component. A button symbol does not dispatch a click event and does not have an addEventListener method. You would have to change your code to:

myButton.onRelease = function() {
    trace("click triggered");
}