Oops, drop the playCount++ line.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "g_odds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Righto. So it would appear that the reason for this is that the
> play() function of the SeriesInterpolateInstance, SeriesSlideInstance
> and SeriesZoomInstance classes are missing the call to super.play()
> which would result in the effectStart event being dispatched.
>
> If you need this event dispatched then you have to extend the factory
> and instance class along the lines of this:
>
> package
> {
> import mx.charts.effects.SeriesInterpolate;
>
> public class TSFSeriesInterpolate extends SeriesInterpolate
> {
>
> public function TSFSeriesInterpolate(target:Object = null)
> {
> super(target);
> instanceClass = TSFSeriesInterpolateInstance;
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>
> import mx.charts.effects.effectClasses.SeriesInterpolateInstance;
> import mx.events.EffectEvent;
>
> class TSFSeriesInterpolateInstance extends SeriesInterpolateInstance
> {
> public function TSFSeriesInterpolateInstance(target:Object)
> {
> super(target);
> }
>
> override public function play():void
> {
> // The next six lines are what occurs in the EffectInstance's
> // play() function, so because the hierarchy of play() functions
> // is broken we must do these ourselves.
> playCount++;
> dispatchEvent(new EffectEvent(EffectEvent.EFFECT_START,
> false,false,this));
> if (target)
> target.dispatchEvent(new EffectEvent(EffectEvent.EFFECT_START,
> false, false, this));
>
> super.play();
> }
> }
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Graham
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "g_odds" <g_odds@> wrote:
> >
> > It would appear that from SeriesEffect downwards in the object
> > hierarchy, none dispatch an effectStart event when played. I have
> > checked this by using exactly the same code except for changing the
> > effect type and only series effects appear to exhibit this behaviour.
> >
> > I'm sifting through the source to find out why but so far I haven't
> > spotted anything.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > Graham
> >
>
