Question

Mostly, problem is described in the title… I tried to load an external SWF file that contains some named MovieClip instances (exporting and naming is done by Flash CS5 software) and to add some of externaly loaded (named) MovieClip-s in MovieClip object which is created in my code. Problem appears when i add MOUSE_CLICK listener to parent MovieClip. Simply, it does not dispatch event when i click on it at the stage…

private var loader:Loader;

public function Example(){
    loader = new Loader();
    var request:URLRequest = ... // URL to external SWF
    loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadingCompleted)
    loader.load(request);
}

private function loadingCompleted(event:Event):void{
    var mc:MovieClip = loader.content as MovieClip;
    var myMovie:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); 
    myMovie.addChild(mc.getChildByName("object_name"));
    myMovie.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myMovieClicked);
    addChild(myMovie); // myMovie (with nested mc) appears on the stage
}

private function myMovieClicked(evt:Event):void{
//never reached
}

EDIT: I didn’t mention that i’m working in Flex using FlashBuilder 4.5 where i created ActionScript project. Code above is body of Example class, which is main SWF class.

EDIT AFTER ANSWER: myMovie.mouseChildren = false solves the problem. Earlier i tried to set mouseEnabled = true, and it didn’t fix the problem. But i’m confused about event flow now… Even if child is target node, why mouse listener on parent MovieClip doesn’t recieve event (in capture phase) when parent is still on event flow? Moreover, when i create another movie clip in my code (whit some simple shape inside) and add it to myMovie, everything works fine. What is so special when i obtain movie clip from externaly loaded SWF?

Answer 1

Have you tried doing myMovie.mouseEnabled = true and myMovie.mouseChildren = false ?