# \[AS3\] Custom Events

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-custom-events/242241>\
**Category:** open source\
**Created:** [October 24, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-custom-events/242241 "2007-10-24T00:09:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![mprzybylski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mprzybylski/32/613_2.png) [@mprzybylski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mprzybylski)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-custom-events/242241/1 "2007-10-24T00:09:08Z")

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I’ve written up an example of custom event dispatching in Flash that includes the ability to dispatch events with other parameters to pass on to your handlers. For the sake of brevity, I’m just going to link over to the blog post that explains the whole process and has files available for download.

[http://evolve.reintroducing.com/2007/10/23/as3/as3-custom-events/](http://evolve.reintroducing.com/2007/10/23/as3/as3-custom-events/)