That's correct, you have to assign the delegate to a variable. I only do so if I know I will need to remove the listener, e.g: the instance that dispatches the event will at some point be removed (in which case it's best to clean up listeners).
regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "James E. Booth Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:44 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] EventDispatcher weirdness in AS2 > Another thing to note: > > Delegating the event as such: > _dg.addEventListener("change", Delegate.create(this, > datagridChangeHandler)); > > will NOT allow you to remove the event listener. > > This won't work: > _dg.removeEventListener("change", Delegate.create(this, > datagridChangeHandler)); > > > What I usually do is have a private variable: > > private var datagridChangeHandler_func > > and then create the delegate: > > datagridChangeHandler_func = Delegate.create(this, datagridChangeHandler); > > Thany you would add and remove it as: > > _dg.addEventListener("change", datagridChangeHandler_func); > > _dg.removeEventListener("change", datagridChangeHandler_func); > > - James > _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
