Hi, I think you are given wrong event type in this metadata tag, <mx:Metadata> [Event(name="testEvent", type="events.CustomEvent")] </mx:Metadata>
rather it should be complete package structure as, <mx:Metadata> [Event(name="testEvent", type="actionscript.CustomEvent")] </mx:Metadata> Regards, *Pravin* 2009/2/20 elevight <[email protected]> > I'm getting a compiler message saying "Event > type 'events.CustomEvent' is unavailable", and I don't understand > why. I'm hoping a second eye might catch the problem. > > My custom event class is called CustomEvent.as: (the dao.Person class > is just a dummy class that stores a firstName, middleName, and > lastName, and I was going to see if the data in this object will be > available in my 'testEvent' handler). > > package actionscript > { > import dao.Person; > import flash.events.Event; > > public class CustomEvent extends Event > { > public var person:Person; > > public function CustomEvent(person:Person, > type:String) > { > super(type); > this.person = person; > } > > public override function clone():Event > { > return new CustomEvent(person, type); > } > } > } > > I'm trying to dispatch the above custom event from a test component > called TestComponent.mxml: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:TextInput xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> > > <mx:Metadata> > [Event(name="testEvent", type="events.CustomEvent")] > </mx:Metadata> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import actionscript.CustomEvent; > import dao.Person; > > public function fireAway():void > { > var p:Person = new Person > ("John", "Missing", "Doe"); > var e:CustomEvent = new CustomEvent > (p, "testEvent"); > this.dispatchEvent(e); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > </mx:TextInput> > > And finally, here is my MXML application that's supposed to test all > this and is called CustomEventsTest.mxml: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="absolute" > xmlns:c="components.*"> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import actionscript.CustomEvent; > import components.TestComponent; > > private function clickHandler():void > { > testComponent.fireAway(); > } > > private function testEventHandler > (event:CustomEvent):void > { > trace("It got here to testEventHandler."); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > <mx:VBox> > <!-- ***************************** --> > <c:TestComponent id="testComponent" > backgroundColor="yellow" > testEvent="testEventHandler(event)"/> > <!-- ***************************** --> > <mx:Button id="btnFireEvent" > label="Fire Event" > click="clickHandler()"/> > </mx:VBox> > > </mx:Application> > > The compiler error message is complaining about the c:TestComponent > between the two lines of asterisks. Can anyone see why the compiler > is telling me > why CustomEvent is unavailable? > > Thanks in advance for your time. > > >
