AS3 - How to get function to run after currentFrame updates? - actionscript-3

Question

I have 2 copies of a MovieClip (mcA) on my main timeline. Within mcA, I have 5 more MovieClips (mcB) and this code:
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickedPoint);
function clickedPoint(e:MouseEvent) {
e.target.play();
setStat(e.target.parent);
}
So I toggle the frame of the mcB that was clicked, and I run a function that references the corresponding mcA on the main timeline.
In setStat, I call another function that checks the currentFrame of all the mcBs in the mcA.
getPoints(stat) {
var points = 0;
for(var i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
{
if(stat["pnt"+i].currentFrame == 2) points++;
}
trace(points);
return points;
}
My problem is that the setStat function seems to run before the currentFrame of the mcB that has been clicked on updates.
How should I change my code so that the mcB that is clicked on registers as having changed its currentFrame when I call setStat?

Answer 1

You could call setStat() after the next frame update. A simple way to do this is to add an ENTER_FRAME event handler which removes itself when first invoked:
function clickedPoint(e:MouseEvent) {
e.target.play();
e.target.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, function(e:Event):void {
e.target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, arguments.callee);
setStat(e.target.parent);
});
}
You can encapsulate this behavior in a function that behaves like setTimeout:
function callNextFrame(target:DisplayObject, callback:Function, ...params:Array):void {
target.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, function(e:Event):void {
target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, arguments.callee);
callback.apply(null, params);
});
}
// Usage:
callNextFrame(e.target as DisplayObject, setStat, e.target);