Removing event listeners

programming flash
1

I have just found out I can do this

myMovie_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function()
{ parent.gotoAndPlay(1);

});

Up untill now I have been creating named functions, this will save a few lines of code, but how do I remove this event listener?

2

Why would you want to remove the click listener?
Just create weak references:

buttonContainer.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, action, false, 0, true);
buttonContainer.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, action, false, 0, true);
buttonContainer.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, action, false, 0, true);

var button:String = "";
function action(event:MouseEvent):void {
	button = event.target.name;
	switch (event.type) {
		case MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER :
			//function here
			break;
		case MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT :
			//function here
			break;
		case MouseEvent.CLICK :
			//function here
			break;
	}
}

If you wrap all of your button movieclips in “buttonContainer”, this all the code you will need for a virtually unlimited number of buttons.
You can use the button instance name as a test for downstream switch conditionals, since it has been stored within the “button” variable.
ie: if the variable button is equal to “btn1”, do something.
It will be equal to the instance name of whichever button you click.

3

That looks like an interesting technique but for now…

How do you remove the event listeners in this way. I know how to remove them when calling a function but I cannot get the syntax correct for this method.

4

U cant remove anonymous listener.
But:

function action(event:MouseEvent):void {
   event.currentTarget.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, action);
}