onPress (Button.onPress handler)

onPress = function() {}

Invoked when a button is pressed. You must define a function that executes when the event handler is invoked.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

In the following example, a function that sends a trace() statement to the Output panel is defined for the onPress handler:

my_btn.onPress = function () {
    trace ("onPress called");
};