adding and removing Enterframe handler on runtime

on initialize call :addEnterFrameCatcher()

removeEnterFrameCatcher() to stop enterframe actions on runtime

relistenEnterFrameCatcher() to resume enterframe actions on runtime

 

private var enterFrameCatcher:MovieClip;
private function enterFrameHandler(param1:Event) : void
{
// enterframe script
}
private function addEnterFrameCatcher(): void
{
    enterFrameCatcher = new MovieClip();
    if (enterFrameCatcher)
    {
       enterFrameCatcher.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrameHandler);
    }
}
private function removeEnterFrameCatcher() : void
{
    if (enterFrameCatcher && enterFrameCatcher.hasEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME))
    {
 enterFrameCatcher.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrameHandler);
    }
    return;
}
private function relistenEnterFrameCatcher() : void
{
   if (enterFrameCatcher && !enterFrameCatcher.hasEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME))
   {
 enterFrameCatcher.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrameHandler);
    }
}

access MovieClips Recursively

access MovieClips inside layers Recursively, the below is example to stop all movieclips recursively

private function stopMCRecursively(mc:MovieClip) : void
{
    var ind:uint;
    if (!mc)
    {
 return;
    }
    if (mc != this)
    {
 mc.stop();
    }
    ind = 0;
    while (ind++ < mc.numChildren)
    {
 if (mc.getChildAt(ind) is MovieClip)
 {
     stopMCRecursively(mc.getChildAt(ind) as MovieClip);
 }
    }
    return;
}