ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference - Adobe Help and Support

Example
The following example is an excerpt from the full example provided in the entry for the
AsBroadcaster.initialize() method.
someObject.addListener(myListener1); // Register myListener1 as listener.
someObject.addListener(myListener2); // Register myListener2 as listener.
See also
initialize (AsBroadcaster.initialize method), removeListener
(AsBroadcaster.removeListener method)
broadcastMessage
(AsBroadcaster.broadcastMessage method)
public broadcastMessage(eventName:String) : Void
Sends an event message to each object in the list of listeners. When the message is received by
the listening object, Flash Player attempts to invoke a function of the same name on the
listening object. Suppose that your object broadcasts an event message like this:
obj.broadcastMessage("onAlert");
When this message is received, Flash Player invokes a method named onAlert() on the
receiving listener object.
Note: You can pass arguments to your listener functions by including additional arguments to
the broadcastMessage() method. Any arguments that appear after the eventName
parameter are received as arguments by the listener method.
You can call this method only from an object that was initialized by using the
AsBroadcaster.initialize() method.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6
Parameters
eventName:String - The name of the event to broadcast. The name of any listener methods
must match this parameter in order to receive the broadcast event. You can pass arguments to
the listener methods by including additional arguments after eventName.
Example
The following example is an excerpt from the first full example provided in the entry for the
AsBroadcaster.initialize() method:
someObject.broadcastMessage("someEvent"); // Broadcast the "someEvent"
message.
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