Interesting approach.. Thanks Jer
On 1/31/08, Jer Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There are probably a hundred other ways to do this, but an easy one
> (off the top of my head) would be to make your holder variable a
> custom element that extends sprite, but has it's own variables, like:
>
>
> class HolderClass extends Sprite
> {
> private var _myParam:String
> public function HolderClass()
> {
> super() ;
> }
> public function get myParam():String { return _myParam ; }
> public function set myParam(value:String):void { _myParam = value; }
> }
>
> Then the code you list would be.....
>
> var holder:HolderClass = new HolderClass() ;
> holder.name = "theName";
> holder.myParam= "theParam" ;
> holder.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, myEvent);
>
>
> private function myEvent(e:MouseEvent) {
> dispatchEvent(new DropDownEvent (SELECTED, e.target.name,
> HolderClass(e.target).myParam));
> }
>
> As I said above, there are probably a ton of ways to do this better,
> but this might have the least impact on your existing code.
>
> Jer
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2008 4:01 PM, Helmut Granda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am having a little bit of issue wrapping my head about this easy
> task. I
> > think my brain is fried.
> >
> > I have created a dropdown component... now when the user selects an
> element
> > from the dropdown i can listen for the MOUSE_UP and call a method, that
> > method dispatches a custom event.
> >
> > Now I am assigning the name of each one of the elements of the drop down
> so
> > that I can pass that along to the method that dispatches the custom
> event,
> > but I also want to add an extra parameter but I dont seem to be able to
> > figure out how since I am creating all the elements at the same time
> that
> > adding the MOUSE_UP listeners...
> >
> >
> > something like
> >
> > var holder:Sprite = new Sprite;
> > holder.name = "theName";
> > ...morecode
> >
> > holder.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, myEvent);
> >
> >
> > private function myEvent(e:MouseEvent) {
> > trace(e.target.name);
> > // How about being able to pass an extra parameter?
> > //From here I am able to dispatch a custom event like so:
> > dispatchEvent(new DropDownEvent (SELECTED, e.target.name));
> > //but I need to pass an extra item like so
> > dispatchEvent(new DropDownEvent (SELECTED, e.target.name, secondParam));
> > }
> >
> > TIA
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