this.addEventListener means you're listening on the application, not on modelLocator. Unless the event bubbles, this will not work. Either make the event bubble or listen on modelLocator.
HTH, Ben --- In [email protected], "guillaumeracine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I did a sample app to test a custom event. > I have a class named ModelLocator that extends EventDispatcher. > This class dispatch an event of type TreeDataLoadedEvent. > The main application listen to it but it seems that it never catch the > TreeDataLoadedEvent object that is dispatched. > Is it because the modelLocator object is not a child of the application? > > If so how to get this thing done... > > <mx:Application > xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="absolute" > creationComplete="creationCompletedHandler(event);"> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import events.TreeDataLoadedEvent; > import model.ModelLocator; > import mx.controls.Alert; > > public var modelLocator:ModelLocator = > ModelLocator.getInstance(); > > private function btnClicked(evt:Event):void{ > modelLocator.dispatchEvent( new > TreeDataLoadedEvent() ); > } > > private function eventReceived(evt:Event):void{ > Alert.show("Event received!"); //This is not > shown > } > > private function > creationCompletedHandler(evt:Event):void{ > this.addEventListener( > TreeDataLoadedEvent.LOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT, > eventReceived ); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > <mx:Button id="btn" x="209" y="299" label="Button" > click="btnClicked(event);"/> > > </mx:Application> >
