Statics are not inherited in that way.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Riley Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 1:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Custom events and static constants Hi FlexCoders, I've got a custom event that extends mx.event.VideoEvent: package com.ted.services.youtube.events { import flash.events.Event; import mx.events.VideoEvent; public class YouTubeVideoEvent extends VideoEvent { public var duration:Number; public function YouTubeVideoEvent(type:String, bubbles:Boolean=false, cancelable:Boolean=false, state:String=null, playheadTime:Number=0, duration:Number=0) { super(type, bubbles, cancelable, state, playheadTime); this.duration = duration; } override public function clone():Event { return new YouTubeVideoEvent( type, bubbles, cancelable, state, playheadTime, duration ); } } } However, in a component that uses a static constant of the base mx.event.VideoEvent class in this manner: dispatchEvent(new YouTubeVideoEvent(YouTubeVideoEvent.PLAYHEAD_UPDATE,false,false,null,inf oObj.playheadTime,infoObj.duration)); FlexBuilder complains when compiling: 1119: Access of possibly undefined property PLAYHEAD_UPDATE through a reference with static type Class. It looks like my custom event is not inheriting the static constants of its base class!??? Or am I missing something? Any suggestion much appreciated. -George Riley
