I have listed my setup below.
Results:
I have confirmed that the initialize event on the parent object adds
the event.
Clicking the item on the grid, fires the internal handler and I have
confirmed that it dispatches the custom event. However, the parent
event handler for the custom event does not fire.
My call to the custom component looks like this:
<pdb:CategoriesPnl id="CategoriesPnl"
initialize="CategoriesPnl.CtgsPnlDG.addEventListener('dgItemClick',
CtgsPnlDGItemClick);"></pdb:CategoriesPnl>
The eventhandler in the parent looks like this:
private function CtgsPnlDGItemClick(event:ListEvent):void
{Alert.show(event.eventPhase+'_external');}
The custom component looks like this:
<mx:Panel xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
label="Categories" backgroundColor="#FFFFCC" width="100%"
height="100%">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.events.Event;
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.controls.DataGrid;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.events.*
import mx.events.ListEvent
[Bindable] public var CtgsPnlAC:ArrayCollection = new
ArrayCollection;
private function CtgsPnlDGItemClick(event:ListEvent):void
{
Alert.show('internal');
Alert.show('dispatch result'+dispatchEvent(new Event
("dgItemClick",true)).toString());
}
private function CtgsPnlDGRefresh():void
{
CtgsPnlWebSvcVO.GetAllCategories();
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Metadata>
[Event(name="dgItemClick", type="mx.events.ListEvent.ITEM_CLICK")]
</mx:Metadata>
<mx:WebService id="CtgsPnlWebSvcVO"
wsdl="http://support07:57773/csp/prtest/pdb.sl.WebServiceVO.cls?
WSDL=1">
<mx:operation name="GetAllCategories" resultFormat="object"
fault="mx.controls.Alert.show(event.fault.faultString)"
result="CtgsPnlAC = event.result.Categories;">
</mx:operation>
</mx:WebService>
<mx:DataGrid id="CtgsPnlDG" height="100%"
dataProvider="{CtgsPnlAC}"
initialize="CtgsPnlDGRefresh()"
itemClick="CtgsPnlDGItemClick(event)"
>
<mx:columns>
<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="ID" dataField="CtgId"/>
<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Key" dataField="CtgKey"/>
</mx:columns>
</mx:DataGrid>
</mx:Panel>
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "...firing an handler off the itemSelect event and then in the
handler
> creating a new event and dispatching that to an external handler"
>
> That is how I do it. What didn't work?
>
> Tracy
