MX: How to load movie but keep same handler?

[lowprofile]

Hi,
I have a blank movie in a library
1. I drop it on the stage.
2. I name the instance "content"
3. I use some code to detect an event : onClipEvent(mouseDown)
content.onMouse...

Everything works.

4. Then I load a different movie: root.contents.loadMovie("hardware.swf");

5. Now my handler from #3 doesn't work, it can't do content.onMouse...

How can I set something...? variable? so that when the blank movie clip is loaded with different movies I can name it to "content" to still use the original eventhandler so that #3 above still works?

Thanks

[lowprofile]

Anyone know ?

There must be some way for keeping the handler name so that you can have your code refer to the same blank movie clip instance name?

[lowprofile]

I have heard that apparently because MX NOW (not in version 5) wipes out every event related to the movie clip when you use a movieload.
Anyone know how to make the new movie clip reload its event handlers?

[claudio]

Wat are you trying to achive?

[kode]

After a few minutes of coding, two cigarettes and a beer... this is what I came up with:

ASBroadcaster.initialize(MovieClip);
this.createEmptyMovieClip("$OEF", 9876);
$OEF.onEnterFrame = function() {
MovieClip.broadcastMessage("onEnterFrame");
};
MovieClip.prototype.$loadMovie = MovieClip.prototype.loadMovie;
MovieClip.prototype.loadMovie = function(url) {
var propObj = new Object(), prop;
for (prop in this) {
propObj[prop] = this[prop];
}
this.$loadMovie(url);
var preloader = new Object(), clip = this, loaded;
preloader.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (clip.getBytesLoaded() && clip.getBytesLoaded() == clip.getBytesTotal()) {
if (loaded) {
for (prop in propObj) {
clip[prop] = propObj[prop];
}
MovieClip.removeListener(this);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
loaded = true;
}
};
MovieClip.addListener(preloader);
};
ASSetPropFlags(MovieClip.prototype, null, 1);
// test
this.createEmptyMovieClip("myClip", 0);
myClip.onMouseMove = function() {
this._alpha = Math.random()*100;
};
myClip.loadMovie("http://www.kirupaforum.com/swf/wh.swf");
... Does that help? =) :P

[lowprofile]

Thanks kax !!!!!!!!

I have a different one I found and made work, it recalls the onload, and ondata events - and inside onload I just dynamically assigned the onmouseevent handler again.

Going to look at yours now. Looks more complex.
What is with the ASBroadcaster and stuff...

[kode]

No problem, lowprofile. ;)

http://www.umbc.edu/interactive/flash/tutorials/showpage.php?p=ASBroadcaster