MyObject is not a DisplayObject so the event will not bubble. The application should be explicitly adding a listener to MyObject
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 8:56 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Custom Event Not Dispatched But dear event is still not dispatching after making all this changes, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Gold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:danielggold%40gmail.com> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:47:50 -0500 Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Custom Event Not Dispatched > right, I'm only half awake on Saturday monring > > The bubbles property is the second parameter on the Event constructor, so > your MyEvent changes should have done the trick. Sorry about the slip up > there, a lot of times if I'm writing something quick and dirty I would do it > like > > displatchEvent(new Event("MY_EVENT",true)); > > your custom Event class is definitely the best practice as you get the const > for the event name to ensure listener's register for the correct event. > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:37 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:parjan%40softpak.com> > wrote: > > > Ok dear i chanaged MyEvent Class with this > > > > public class MyEvent extends Event > > { > > public static var MY_EVENT:String = "MY_EVENT" ; > > > > public function MyEvent() > > { > > super ( MY_EVENT , true ); > > } > > } > > > > but what about " dispatchEvent( new MyEvent(), true ); " > > dispatchEvent does not accept second argument , it only accepts one > > argument of Type Event > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Daniel Gold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:danielggold%40gmail.com> <danielggold%40gmail.com>> > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:16:29 -0500 > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Custom Event Not Dispatched > > > > > If you're not listening for the event directly on the component that will > > be > > > dispatching it, you need to toggle the 'bubbles' property so that the > > event > > > will will trigger handlers up the display list from where it was > > dispatched. > > > > > > So in your case change your dispatch line to: > > > dispatchEvent( new MyEvent(), true ); > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:11 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:parjan%40softpak.com> <parjan%40softpak.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > HI can any one tell me what is wrong with this code. > > > > > > > > I wrote a custom event and dispatched this event from my entity class > > and > > > > am listening for this event on main application but the listener is not > > > > listening for event. Please help me. > > > > > > > > here is my Event class > > > > public class MyEvent extends Event > > > > { > > > > public static var MY_EVENT:String = "MY_EVENT" ; > > > > > > > > public function MyEvent() > > > > { > > > > super ( MY_EVENT ); > > > > } > > > > } > > > > > > > > This class dispatches an event of type MyEvent from setter method > > > > public class MyObject extends EventDispatcher > > > > { > > > > [Bindable(event="MyEvent")] > > > > private var _name:String; > > > > > > > > public function set name( _pname:String ):void > > > > { > > > > _name = _pname ; > > > > trace( "Dispatching Event" ); > > > > dispatchEvent( new MyEvent() ); > > > > > > > > } > > > > } > > > > > > > > and here is code for my main application . > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " > > > > layout="vertical" creationComplete="{init()}" > > > > > > > > > <mx:Script> > > > > <![CDATA[ > > > > import com.MyEvent; > > > > import com.MyObject; > > > > > > > > private var obj:MyObject ; > > > > > > > > public function init():void > > > > { > > > > obj = new MyObject(); > > > > this.addEventListener(MyEvent.MY_EVENT , propertyChangeListener ) ; > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > public function propertyChangeListener( evt:MyEvent ):void > > > > { > > > > // This Function never gets called > > > > trace( 'Listining for MyEvent......' ); > > > > } > > > > public function btnClickHandler():void > > > > { > > > > obj.name = 'Changing Value' ; > > > > trace( obj.name ); > > > > } > > > > > > > > ]]> > > > > </mx:Script> > > > > <mx:Button click="{btnClickHandler()}"/> > > > > </mx:Application> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
