flash event listener for movieclip end?

Question

Could anyone advise the best way to trigger a functiont when a movieclip animation finishes? I figure an eventlistener could handle this, but not sure the best way to go abo

Answer 1

By making use of an ENTER_FRAME listener, you can tell if a MovieClip has readed the end of playback; you can then take this one step further by wrapping it up in a Wrapper class that will perform the monitoring for you:

public class EndOfMovieClipEventDispatcher extends EventDispatcher
{
    private var target : MovieClip;
    private var endReachedEvent : String;

    public function EndOfMovieClipEventDispatcher(target : MovieClip, endReachedEvent : String = "complete") {
        this.target = target;
        this.endReachedEvent = endReachedEvent;
        target.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrameEvent, false, 0, true);
    }

    public function destroy() : void {
        target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrameEvent);
    }

    private function onEnterFrameEvent(event : Event) : void
    {
        if (target.currentFrame == target.totalFrames) {
            dispatchEvent(new Event(endReachedEvent));
        }
    }
}

Usage is pretty straight forward; the call to destroy() is optional thanks to the weak event listener; but recommended if you are finished :)

new EndOfMovieClipEventDispatcher(myMovieClip).addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onMovieClipCompleteEvent);
myMovieClip.play();