ActionScript 3.0: calling a function in the Document Class from a dynamically added object

without comments

in this example I will add a MovieClip from the library to the Stage.
this MovieClip contains an animation, and – in the last frame – this ActionScript:

stop();
(root as Object).slideEnded();

this code activates a function in the Document Class, smart!
here’s the Document Class where the TestMC MovieClip is added and the function later called from that MovieClip:

package {

import flash.display.MovieClip;

public class testContent extends MovieClip {

private var _testHolder;
private var _testMC:TestMC;

public function testContent() {
init();
}

private function init():void {
trace("function init");
setupTest();
}

private function setupTest():void {
_testHolder = new MovieClip();
_testMC = new TestMC();
_testHolder.addChild(_testMC);
addChild(_testHolder);
}

public function testEnded():void {
trace("testEnded!");
}
}
}

in this example a function in the Document Class is called, actually the same can be achieved using an eventListener.

here’s a very similar example, first the ActionScript on the final frame of the TestMC MovieClip:

stop();
dispatchEvent(new Event("testEnded"));

and here, the ActionScript in the Document Class:

package {

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;

public class testContent2 extends MovieClip {

private var _testHolder;
private var _testMC:TestMC;

public function testContent2() {
init();
}

private function init():void {
trace("function init");
setupTest();
}

private function setupTest():void {
_testHolder = new MovieClip();
_testMC = new TestMC();
_testMC.addEventListener("testEnded", testDone, false, 0, true);
_testHolder.addChild(_testMC);
addChild(_testHolder);
}

public function testDone(e:Event):void {
trace("testEnded!");
}
}
}

useful? hopefully
both of the examples (.fla and .as) can be downloaded here:
examples of how to call a function in the Document Class from a dynamically loaded object