actionscript 3 - AS3 - Can Bitmap classes dispatch mouse events? -

i'm trying learn as3 , have run small problem.

i have bitmap class add mouseevent.click listener, event doesn't seem dispatched.

i use flashdevelop write as3 code , flex compile.

i have 2 classes, enemy.as , player.as

the player.as looks this:

package player  { import flash.display.sprite; import flash.events.mouseevent;  [embed(source="../../assets/leek.swf", symbol="leek")]  public class player extends sprite  {     public function player()      {         trace("player constructed");         addeventlistener(mouseevent.click, handleclick);     }      private function handleclick(e:mouseevent):void      {         trace("clicked player");     }  }  } 

the enemy.as looks this:

package enemies  {  import flash.display.bitmap; import flash.events.mouseevent  [embed(source="../../assets/gardengnome.png")]  public class enemy extends bitmap  {     public function enemy()      {         trace("enemy constructed");         addeventlistener(mouseevent.click, handleclick);     }      private function handleclick(e:mouseevent):void      {         trace("clicked enemy");     }  }  } 

the 2 classes pretty identical except 1 sprite , embedded symbol swf file got tutorial, , other bitmap , embedd png file that.

the player class (the 1 that's sprite , uses symbol) fires off mouseevent.click when run project , click on player image, enemy class not.

there no compile warnings or errors, i'm having hard time understanding issue exactly. because 1 sprite , other bitmap, or because 1 uses prepared symbol swf, while other png?

how can make bitmap class respond mouseevent?

thanks help!

from actionscript® 3.0 reference adobe® flash® platform:

the bitmap class not subclass of interactiveobject class, cannot dispatch mouse events. however, can use addeventlistener() method of display object container contains bitmap object.