I figured it out. It has to do with how Repeater initializes it's
inner components. I guess Flex doesn't know the actual type of the
innercomponent until "repeatEnd" gets fired.
Please see the code below. Here init() is the callback for my
component's "creationComplete" event:
private function init():void
{
rp.addEventListener(FlexEvent.REPEAT_END,
function(event:FlexEvent):void
{
img.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onImgComplete);
});
}
This way no complaint from compiler.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "gwangdesign" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Thanks for the replies.
>
> The code below actually works. In my AS version, I did import all the
> classes including mx.events.FlexEvent, etc.
>
> For events, I use "complete" on Image as opposed to other events is
> that I am interested in when the SWFLoader (parent class of Image)
> completes loading the content, not when the Image component is
> instantiated by it's Repeater wrapper (in which case you would listen
> to "repeaterEnd" which is fired BEFORE any events from the Images get
> fired).
>
> I guess my problem would be to find a right place in the component
> life-cycle to register the complete event, but I am not coding a
> custom component just MXML...
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Amy" <amyblankenship@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "gwangdesign" <gwangdesign@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I am loading 50-ish something images using an Image control wrapped
> > in
> > > a repeater wrapped in a VBox component. I want to do some stuff
> > once I
> > > know the full dimensions of the VBox, which is when all the images
> > > have been loaded.
> > >
> > > Here is the code snippet:
> > >
> > > <mx:VBox id="imgBx">
> > > <mx:Repeater id="rp" dataProvider="{dp}">
> > > <mx:Image id="img" width="120" height="80"
> > > source="{dp_arr[rp.currentIndex]}" complete="onImgComplete
> > (event);"/>
> > > </mx:Repeater>
> > > </mx:VBox>
> > >
> > > /**AS3*/
> > > private function onImgComplete(event:Event):void
> > > {
> > > if(imgCounter<imgTotal-1)
> > > {
> > > imgCounter++;
> > > }else
> > > {
> > > configure();
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > Everything seems work fine at this point. The problem comes when I
> > try
> > > to immigrate the onImgComplete() from inline MXML into ActionScript,
> > > basically as an event handler for this component like so:
> > >
> > > creationComplete="img.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
> > onImgComplete);"
> > >
> > > I got the following error:
> > > "TypeError: Error #1006: addEventListener is not a function."
> >
> > You might need to add curly brackets around it to get it to evaluate
> > as AS. You might also want to look at the events associated with the
> > Repeater control, since they are probably more appropriate.
> >
>
