If the object doesn’t exist yet, it can’t be listening, and one object needs to be created before the other. It is rare to dispatch events from a constructor for that reason. There are plenty of other lifecycle events you can use.
However, often the better solution is to have a central data model so the views listen to a model and not to each other. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Berkay Unal Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 4:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Custom Event problem? Hi I have 2 components. These two components both extends the core component "abilist". <abi:CourseList width="400" height="300" /> <abi:CourseChapterList width="400" height="300" /> When abi:CourseList dispatches a custom event "AbiListEvent.COURSECHANGED" it doesnt caught by abi:CourseChapterList by addEventListener in the constructor of the abi:CourseChapterList. I can catch it , if i assign by Application.application.addEventListener in the abi:CourseChapterList's constuctor. Is there any other way to do this without "Application.application" and a framework? Best, Bunal
