You're listening for an event on the view, which doesn't dispatch that event. The event is dispatched from the service, to which you never subscribe.
regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:46 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] dispatchEvent within another event handler > I'm trying to do what i think should be pretty simple. > I want to dispatch an event when my xml has completed lodaing. > For the life of me i can't figure out why event does not get dispatched from > "handleXML", I know the listner works because I've > tested it by dispatching the same event from a button click. > Any ideas what I may be doing wrong? > > package { > import flash.display.Sprite; > import com.acme.AppController; > import com.acme.MyService; > > public class MyView extends Sprite > { > public function MyView() > { > var controller:MyController = new MyController(this); > } > } > } > > > package com.acme > { > import flash.events.EventDispatcher; > import flash.events.Event; > import flash.display.Sprite; > import com.acme.MyService; > > public class MyController extends EventDispatcher > { > private var _view:Sprite; > private var _service:MyService; > public function MyController(target:Sprite){ > _view = target; > _view.addEventListener("xmlLoaded", doSomething); > _service = new MyService(); > } > > public function doSomething(e:Event):void{ > trace("doSomething CALLED"); > } } > } > > package com.acme > { > import flash.events.EventDispatcher; > import flash.events.Event; > import flash.net.URLLoader; > import flash.net.URLRequest; > > public class MyService extends EventDispatcher > { > private var _loader:URLLoader; > private var _xml:XML; > > public function MyService(){ > _loader = new URLLoader(); > _loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, handleXML); > _loader.load(new URLRequest("xml/data.xml")); > } > > public function handleXML(event:Event):void{ > dispatchEvent(new Event("xmlLoaded", true)); // this never fires > _xml = new XML(_loader.data); > } > } > } > _______________________________________________ [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
