Here you are : In your custom component (custom comp is a panel in this example):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Panel xmlns:mx=" http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; xmlns:ns1="components.*" width="1000" height="100%" > <mx:Metadata> [Event(name="expandMe", type="flash.events.DataEvent")] </mx:Metadata> ... </mx:Panel and then wherever you use this you can do: <customComp expandMe="Alert.show('Expand dispatched')"/> Make sure that somewhere in your custom component you throw the event: this.dispatchEvent(new DataEvent("expandMe")) ; ;-) On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:01 PM, aceoohay <pa...@compuace.com> wrote: > > > Alex: > > Thanks for the pointer, I will investigate it further when I get to the > office. > > If you have a link that shows someone doing what I am trying to do, that'd > help a lot. > > Paul > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Alex > Harui <aha...@...> wrote: > > > > [Event] metadata? > > > > > > On 6/27/10 8:48 PM, "aceoohay" <pa...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The "thing" I am referring to in my original post is of course the > "myMethodComplete" thing. > > > > I have defined all manner of properties in my components, including > "functions", I just don't know how to begin defining an "anonymous block" of > code. > > > > Paul > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>> , > "aceoohay" <pauls@> wrote: > > > > > > This is probably all ready answered, but I can't think of how to search > for it. > > > > > > I have a custom component. This component has a method. When this > method completes I want to execute user defined code similar to how a > focusOut handler allows the programmer to define a block of code in the mxml > like; > > > > > > <mx:TextInput focusOut="myvar='test';myfunction('abc');"> > > > > > > I would like to define; > > > > > > <ns1:myComponent myMethodComplete="myvar='test';myfunction('abc');"> > > > > > > I just don't know how to define the thing (handler? property? method? > it would help if someone would tell me what it is called) that will do this. > > > > > > If you can show me, or show me where to go I would appreciate it. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alex Harui > > Flex SDK Team > > Adobe System, Inc. > > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > >
