yep - I just figured it and was going to post the workaround - and I see your post - love the prompt response, though. My workaround was:
var fn:Function = call.callbck; fn.call(this); but you gave me 2 better ways of doing it... thank you so much regards Vijay --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It looks like you can't use Function() as a cast operator. I'm not sure > whether this is an AS3 compiler bug or not. Instead of > > Function(call.callbck).call(this); > > try > > (call.callbck as Function).call(this); > > or simply > > call.callbck.call(this); > > - Gordon > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of vijay95052 > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [flexcoders] as3 - accepting a callback function name as input > parameter to a function > > > > hi all, > > I am implementing a actionscript function that takes in a function > name as parameter. I want to use the passed in parameter as a > callback function, just like mx:application creationComplete() does. > > I am not able to get it to work. > > In my MXML, I have: > > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > public function initApp() > { > initApp2(initializeChart); > } > > public function initializeChart() > { > .... > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > In another actionscript util class, I have: > > public function initApp2(callbck:Function):void > { > var service:HTTPService = new HTTPService(); > service.url = chrtdefurl; > service.addEventListener(ResultEvent.RESULT, chartDefLoaded); > var call:Object = service.send(); > call.callbck = callbck; > } > > public function chartDefLoaded(event:ResultEvent):void > { > chartDefXML = new XML(event.result); > var call:Object = event.token; > Function(call.callbck).call(this); > } > > I get error: > > EvalError: Error #1066: The form function('function body') is not > supported. > at simpleline2/chartDefLoaded() > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > vijay >
