Actionscript 3 add a button to the starter class

First look inside the .fla and then inside the mc_button_primary and notice there is a little code inside there. Won’t work like you want to without it. You can add it to each instance via the myMethod() but it’s meant to be a button so let’s make this as simple as we can and put it here.

stop();
this.buttonMode = true;
this.mouseChildren = false;

StarterClass.as
Here is where something actually happens follow the comments.

package {

// here is the Adobe provided code that you need to import to make this happen
// get used to it. You'll be doing this alot.
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.text.*;

// import our fancy button from the library
import mc_button_primary;

public class StarterClass extends MovieClip {

// here's where our new button is born
private var buttonPrimary:mc_button_primary;

// this is the constructor, it is the function/method that is automatically called
function StarterClass() {

trace(“Starter class…..√ check”);

// call myMethod and create a button
myMethod();

}

function myMethod() {

trace(” myMethod……….√ check”);
trace(” StarterClass called myMethod()”);
trace(” myMethod() creates a button”);

// create a new button from the exported library item
buttonPrimary = new mc_button_primary();

// name the new button
buttonPrimary.name = “Linus”;

// put Linus on the stage
addChild( buttonPrimary );

// create a handle to reference Linus with
var bttn_handle = getChildByName( buttonPrimary.name );

// Put the name in the text field then center Linus on the stage
bttn_handle.button_Text.text = buttonPrimary.name;
bttn_handle.x = ( stage.stageWidth - bttn_handle.width ) / 2;
bttn_handle.y = ( stage.stageHeight - bttn_handle.height ) / 2;

// add an event listener to Linus so we know when he was clicked
bttn_handle.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, myButton_CLICK );

}

// here is the listener
function myButton_CLICK(e:MouseEvent):void {

trace(” myButton_CLICK is called when the button is clicked”);

}

}

}

StarterClass_wButton.zip