Actionscript 3.0 :: Add The Event Listener To Only Specific MC Instances?

Nov 22, 2010

I have several 1000 MovieClips (representing US counties and states) on the stage after the swf is loaded. Each MovieClip has a different instance name. Currently, a user can mouse over a county in NY, for example, and I only want the boundary for the the county highlighted. However, the state boundary is also highlighted as well.

I added this type of listener at the top:
addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, someFunction);

The problem is, it is applied to all MC instances on stage. Any suggestions on how to add the event listener to only specific MC instances? I thought I could add the event listener to the layer, but does not seemed to be working. And since I have several 1000 I don't think typing out mc_instance.addEventListener for every different mc is the correct way.

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