I thought about that as well but it did not work.
Thank You
Dan Vega
danv...@gmail.com
http://www.danvega.org
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:01 PM, valdhor <valdhorli...@embarqmail.com>wrote:
> Try changing the bubbles property to true. The event needs to bubble
> to the top so that the application sees it.
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Dan
> Vega" <danv...@...> wrote:
> >
> > For the file manager I am writing I am having an issue with
> dispatching a
> > custom event. I have a tree on the left with a custom tree item
> renderer. In
> > that renderer I have setup a context menu so the user can
> rename/remove/add
> > directories easily.
> >
> > private function renameDirectory(event:ContextMenuEvent):void {
> > _renamedir = new RenameDirectory
> > _renamedir.oldDirectoryName = data.name;
> > _renamedir.parentPath = data.parent;
> > //add modal window
> >
> >
>
> PopUpManager.addPopUp(_renamedir,DisplayObject(Application.application),true);
> > //center modal window
> > PopUpManager.centerPopUp(_renamedir);
> > }
> >
> > My RenameDirectory component works well and does the renaming just
> fine. The
> > problem I am having is once the folder is renamed i need to refresh
> the tree
> > to show the changes. I figured for all of my options (add/remove/delete)
> > would just dispatch a custom event. Here is my RenameDirectory.mxml
> That is
> > dispatching my custom event.
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > <mx:TitleWindow xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> layout="absolute"
> > title="Rename Directory" width="300" height="125"
> > showCloseButton="true" creationComplete="centerWindow()"
> > close="closeWindow()">
> >
> > <mx:Metadata>
> > [Event(name="refreshTree",type="events.RefreshTreeEvent")]
> > </mx:Metadata>
> >
> > <mx:Script>
> > <![CDATA[
> > import mx.rpc.remoting.mxml.RemoteObject;
> > import mx.controls.Alert;
> > import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
> > import events.RefreshTreeEvent;
> >
> > public var parentPath:String;
> > public var oldDirectoryName:String;
> >
> > private var ro:RemoteObject = new RemoteObject();
> >
> > private function centerWindow():void {
> > PopUpManager.centerPopUp(this);
> > }
> >
> > private function closeWindow():void {
> > PopUpManager.removePopUp(this);
> > }
> > private function renameDirectory(event:Event):void {
> > var _old = parentPath + "\\" + oldDirectoryName;
> > var _new = parentPath + "\\" + newDirectoryName.text;
> > if(_new != _old) {
> > // rename the directory
> > ro.destination = "ColdFusion";
> > ro.source = "FFManager.src.cfc.FileManager";
> > ro.renameDirectory(_old,_new);
> > ro.showBusyCursor = true;
> >
> > dispatchEvent(new RefreshTreeEvent("refreshTree"));
> > closeWindow();
> > }
> > }
> > ]]>
> >
> > </mx:Script>
> >
> > <mx:HBox verticalCenter="0" horizontalCenter="0">
> > <mx:TextInput id="newDirectoryName" text="{oldDirectoryName}"
> > width="200"/>
> > <mx:Button label="Save" click="renameDirectory(event)"/>
> > </mx:HBox>
> >
> > </mx:TitleWindow>
> >
> > And my custom event.
> > package events {
> >
> > import flash.events.Event;
> >
> > public class RefreshTreeEvent extends Event {
> >
> > public static const REFRESH_TREE:String = "refreshTree";
> >
> > public function RefreshTreeEvent(type:String,
> bubbles:Boolean=false,
> > cancelable:Boolean=false) {
> > super(type, bubbles, cancelable);
> > }
> >
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> > **************** The problem I am having is that I am unable to
> listen for
> > this event in my main application. If I add
> >
> > this.addEventListener(RefreshTreeEvent.REFRESH_TREE,reloadTree);
> >
> > The reloadTree method is never called. What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks again..
> >
>
>
>
