Hi Everyone, I have been charged to architect a fairly large scale Flex application (first time doing so). I don't think that my issue warrants code samples however if needed I can provide.
I have not worked with events too much, but I understand the default three phases it goes through (capture,target,bubble). The application will be comprised of an application which load a custom MXML component (basically an extended Canvas), which in turn loads modules based on user interaction. What I need to have happen, is when the root (parentApplication) has values that update, I would like for it to dispatch an event, which the Modules listen for, and then in response poll the parent for that data to get the new information. Based on everything I have read, events don't propigate in that direction (it climbs down the chain from the top, hits the target, and then climbs back up). However, is it possible to make it go the other way? Can children hear events of the parent? If this is impossible, does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions for an alternative to my particular problem? I appreciate any advice you can offer!
