I'm trying to learn AS3 and have run into a small problem.
I have a Bitmap class to which I add a MouseEvent.CLICK listener, but the event doesn't seem to be dispatched.
I use Flashdevelop to write AS3 code and Flex to compile.
I have two classes, Enemy.as and Player.as
The Player.as looks like this:
package Player
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
[Embed(source="../../assets/leek.swf", symbol="Leek")]
public class Player extends Sprite
{
public function Player()
{
trace("Player constructed");
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, handleClick);
}
private function handleClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
trace("Clicked Player");
}
}
}
The Enemy.as looks like this:
package enemies
{
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.events.MouseEvent
[Embed(source="../../assets/gardengnome.png")]
public class Enemy extends Bitmap
{
public function Enemy()
{
trace("enemy constructed");
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, handleClick);
}
private function handleClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
trace("Clicked Enemy");
}
}
}
The two classes are pretty much identical except that one is a Sprite and I embedded a symbol from a swf file that I got from a tutorial, and the other is a Bitmap and I embedd a png file into that.
The Player class (the one that's a sprite and uses a symbol) fires off the MouseEvent.CLICK when I run the project and click on the Player image, but the Enemy class does not.
There are no compile warnings or errors, so I'm having a hard time understanding what is the issue exactly. Is it because one is a Sprite and the other a Bitmap, or is it because one uses a prepared symbol from a swf, while the other is just a png?
How can I make a Bitmap class respond to MouseEvent?
Thanks for any help!
