Hi, Sometimes owner isn't set until createChildren().
Have you tried using 'parent' instead of 'owner'? Mike On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:49 PM, bryancostanich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a custom track for a slider control. in it i'm trying to wire > up the change for the parent slider so that when the slider changes, i > can do some stuff. i have this in my initialize() method: > > Slider(owner).addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, this.parent_change); > > however, when i run it, i get: > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert > mx.core::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.controls.sliderClasses.Slider. > > but the thing is, i stopped and debugged and i saw that the owner was > of type HSlider. I thought, well, maybe there is an inheritance issue, > so i changed the cast to HSlider temporarily and i still got the error. > > am i misunderstanding something here? > > thanks. > -b > > > -- Teoti Graphix, LLC http://www.teotigraphix.com Teoti Graphix Blog http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.
