I bet it is because you used "MenuEvent" for your click handler function name and there is a name collision with the built-in MenuEvent.
Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of williamchadwick Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:26 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [SPAM] [flexcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error I have a menu bar component <mx:MenuBar id="mainMenu" labelField="@label" click="{MenuEvent(event)}" itemClick="{MenuItemEvent(event)}"> Everytime I create a handler like this: private function MenuItemEvent(e:MenuEvent):void I get a "Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: MenuEvent" But, I've explicitly imported this event: import mx.events.MenuEvent; Am I going mad? What am I doing wrong? I'm using standalone Flex Builder 3.0.2.214193 on Windows XP- not the Eclipse plug-in. Please help, William Chadwick
