Use MouseEvent for getting Object`s public variables - actionscript-3

Question

I have a simple problem which is not easy at the moment. this is a text field class which add a text field to a movieclip (passed from root class) and also save(buffer) some data (like xml file name) in it`s public variables:
package src {
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
public class menuitem00 extends Shape {
public var activateFlag:Boolean = false;
public var name00:String = "";
public var xml00:String = "";
public var txt00:TextField = new TextField();
private var OM:MovieClip;
private var id00:Number = 0;
public function menuitem00(n:int ,OE:MovieClip ,xmlf:String):void {
trace (" Text Field Object with buffer ");
OM = OE; id00 = n; xml00 = xmlf;
}
public function init():void{
// textfield
txt00.selectable = false;
txt00.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
txt00.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat("Impact", 36,0x66AAFF);
txt00.text = name00;
txt00.border = true;
txt00.borderColor = 0x00FF00;
txt00.sharpness = 100;
txt00.x = 0;
txt00.y = (id00 * txt00.height) + 1;
txt00.z = 0;
OM.addChild(txt00);
}
}
}
.. now I use a for loop to add instance of that class to a movie clip on stage:
for (var i:int = 0; i<Bunker[0]["trans0size"]; i++) {
menuData[i] = new menuitem00(i, menu_mc, Bunker[0]["transfile0" + i]);// pass i , a movieclip named menu_mc and an xml file name
menuData[i].name00 = Bunker[0]["transtitle0" + i]; // pass text
menuData[i].activateFlag = true; // set actveFlag to true
menuData[i].init(); // run init() inside the instance. it adds textfield to the menu_mc and also set name00 as Text for the textField
}
also I add mouse event for clicking on the stage,
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clk, false, 0, true);
public function clk(evt:MouseEvent):void{ //// mouse
trace (" Name: " + evt.target.text);
//trace (evt.target.xml00);
}
HERE IS MY PROBLEM --> I want to get "xml00" var from that instance on the stage by mouse click but, trace (evt.target.xml00); is not working .. also trace (evt.target.name00); is not working. I can get everything like .alpha or .text from txt00 but not other variables in my object. Any idea ?

Answer 1

don't add the click-listener to the STAGE but to you object.
menuData[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clk, ...);
and add the following line to your menuitem00 class:
this.mouseChildren = false;
so you can be sure that the evt.target is an object of this class and not a child (like the textfield or something else).
edit
if you want to keep the stage-listener, try this:
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clk, ...);
private function clk (evt:MouseEvent):void
{
if (evt.currentTarget is menuitem00)
{
var item:menuitem00 = evt.currentTarget as menuitem00;
trace(item.xml00); // or any other public variable
}
}
but still add the mouseChildren = false; to your class.
edit2
make the menuitem00 class a sprite (and rename it pls):
public class MenuItem extends Sprite {
private var _activateFlag:Boolean;
private var _xml:String;
private var _txt:TextField;
private var _id:Number;
public function MenuItem (n:int, xmlf:String) {
trace (" Text Field Object with buffer ");
_id = n;
_xml = xmlf;
_activeFlag = true;
this.mouseChildren = false;
// create txt
_txt = new TextField();
// do the formating here ...
this.addChild(_txt);
}
public function getXml():String {
return _xml;
}
}
in the for loop you would do sth like this:
for (var i:int = 0; i<Bunker[0]["trans0size"]; i++) {
var item:MenuItem = new MenuItem(i, Bunker[0]["transfile0" + i]);
item.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clk, false, 0, true);
menu_mc.addChild(item);
menuData[i] = item;
}
private function clk (evt:MouseEvent):void {
var item:MenuItem = evt.target as MenuItem;
if (item != null) {
trace(item.getXml()); // use a getter and don't access the variable directly
}
}
and pls re-read your actionscript (or programming) books, you're doing some really bad things i your code that you shouldn't.