Using Director > Parent Scripts > Writing a parent script > Creating the on new handler

 

Creating the on new handler

Each parent script typically uses an on new handler. This handler creates the new child object when another script issues a new(script parentScriptName) command, which tells the specified parent script to create a child object from itself. The on new handler in the parent script can also set the child object's initial property values, if you want. The on new handler always starts with the phrase on new, followed by the me variable and any arguments being passed to the new child object. See new().

The following is a sample on new handler:

property spriteNum

on new me, aSpriteNum
	spriteNum = aSpriteNum
	return me
end