[flexcoders] working with multiple httpservice requests

[Ramsey, Robert L]

Hi,

I've been trying to find a better way to handle working with multiple 
httpservice requests that all need to complete before I run a function.

What I've been doing is something like this:

<mx:HTTPService id="s1" url="somewhere" result="s2.send()"/>
<mx:HTTPService id="s2" url="somewhere" result="s3.send()"/>
<mx:HTTPService id="s3" url="somewhere" result="s4.send()"/>
<mx:HTTPService id="s4" url="somewhere" result="s5.send()"/>
<mx:HTTPService id="s5" url="somewhere" result="somefunction()"/>


What I'd like to do is have a function I can call as part of the applications 
creationComplete to run through all of them.

function initializeApp():void
{
                s1.send();
                s2.send();
                s3.send();
                s4.send();
                s5.send();
                somefunction();
}

I know that somefunction() would have to do a valid data check to make sure 
that I had result data before manipulating it.  Is there a best practices way 
of doing this?

Thanks,

Bob