----- Original Message -----
From: "dnk" <d.k.emailli...@gmail.com>
To: "Flexcoder List" <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 5:47 PM
Subject: [flexcoders] flex not seeing method - update
>
> Ok, I found one additional piece of info that when I sent this I
> thought was not relevant. In my main.mxml, my component.mxml is
> actually an itemrenderer. So the code for it would be:
>
>
> <mx:itemRenderer>
> <mx:Component>
> <view:fileActions DownloadResizeEvent="handler_resize(event)"/>
> </mx:Component>
> </mx:itemRenderer>
>
> Instead of :
> <view:fileActions DownloadResizeEvent="handler_resize(event)"/>
>
> Now the reason this seems relevant is because if I comment out the
> item renderer code, and place just a single instance of my
> component.mxml in my main.mxml - it works fine. No more errors.
>
> So to sum up.... when a custom component that dispatches a custom
> event is placed within the above mxml code - it will not see the
> defined event handler.
>
> ideas?
Try making the handler public..
> d
>
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: dnk <d.k.emailli...@gmail.com>
>> Date: January 18, 2009 9:35:46 AM PST (CA)
>> To: Flexcoder List <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: flex not seeing method
>>
>> Hi there, I have an mxml component that dispatches an event. Now
>> when i use the component, the meta data is showing up fine. But when
>> i assign a handler, flex says that it is a call to a possibly
>> undefined method. But it is there plain as day. IDeas???
>>
>> Code snippets below.
>>
>> DownloadResizeEvent.as - pretty stock custom event:
>>
>> package elib.event
>> {
>>
>> import flash.events.Event;
>>
>> public class DownloadResizeEvent extends Event
>> {
>>
>> public static const DOWNLOADRESIZE_EVENT:String =
>> "downloadresizeevent";
>>
>> public function DownloadResizeEvent(type:String):void
>> {
>> super(type);
>> }
>>
>> // Override the inherited clone() method.
>> override public function clone():Event {
>> return new DownloadResizeEvent(type);
>> }
>>
>> }
>> }
>>
>> now in my component.mxml:
>>
>> (in a script block)
>>
>> <<<snip>>>
>> import elib.event.*;
>> <<<//snip>>>
>>
>> (in same script block)
>>
>> <<<snip>>>
>> //located in a method
>> dispatchEvent( new Event(DownloadResizeEvent.DOWNLOADRESIZE_EVENT) );
>>
>> <<<//snip>>>
>>
>> Then later in my mxml
>>
>> <<<snip>>>
>> <mx:Metadata>
>> [Event(name="DownloadResizeEvent",
>> type="elib.event.DownloadResizeEvent")]
>> </mx:Metadata>
>> <<<//snip>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> An now in my other mxml file that has my component.mxml called in it:
>>
>> main.mxml
>>
>>
>> (in my root tag)
>>
>> <<<snip>>>
>> xmlns:view="elib.view.components.*"
>> <<<//snip>>>
>>
>>
>> (in a script block)
>>
>> <<<snip>>>
>> import elib.event.*;
>> <<<//snip>>>
>>
>> (in same script block)
>> <<<snip>>>
>> //event handler
>> private function handler_resize(evt:Event):void {
>>
>> }
>>
>> <<<//snip>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <<<snip>>>
>> <view:componentmxml DownloadResizeEvent="handler_resize(event)"/>
>> <<<//snip>>>
>
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