Your event is being dispatched before you call addeventlistener as you are calling myDispatchFunction() from the constructor.
Try calling myDispatchFunction() after you have called addEventListener(). As a note, the FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE event is used by flex as part of the component lifecycle so you should probably create your own custom event (or at least a custom event type. Hope this helps Duncan --- In [email protected], "ouaqa" <abenef...@...> wrote: > > I'm still pretty new to flex & actionscript coding and sometimes i run on > some very frustrating problems. This is one of those. > > I have an as3, and I want it to dispatch a FlexEvent.creationComplete when > instantiation is completed. > yet, I can't make it work. I've read a lot of tutorials and my code seems OK, > but obviously it's not the case. > > here's the prototype I've developed to test event dispatching outside of my > global application : > > protoEventDispatch : > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute" > creationComplete="init()"> > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.events.FlexEvent; > import protoClass.MyProtoClass; > > public var myObject : MyProtoClass ; > > private function init() : void > { > myObject = new MyProtoClass (); > > myObject.addEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE,traceIt); > } > > public function traceIt (AEvent : FlexEvent) : void > { > trace(" event received ! "); //not trigerred... > } > > > ]]> > </mx:Script> > </mx:Application> > > > > MyProtoclass.as : > > package protoClass > { > import flash.events.EventDispatcher; > > import mx.events.FlexEvent; > > [Event (name="creationComplete" , type="mx.events.FlexEvent")] > public class MyProtoClass extends EventDispatcher > { > public function MyProtoClass() > { > trace ("creating protoclass"); > myDispatchFunction(); > } > > public function myDispatchFunction() : void > { > dispatchEvent(new FlexEvent > (FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE )); > trace (hasEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE)); > //output false > trace (willTrigger(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE)); > //output false > } > > } > } > > > I'm starting to feel desperate, especially that i'm sure that it's a > beginner's level error. As I'm the only flexcoder in my company, There is no > one else I can turn to. I wish I could bother you with more mind puzzling > problems... > > Thanks in advance > > The trace >
