Thanx for the info Gordon. Unfortunately we're using 1.5 still. And yes, it's undeterministic what executes first.
George --- In [email protected], "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In Flex 1.X, the order in which event handlers on an object execute > isn't well-defined. > > In Flex 2, the order in which event handlers on an object execute is > deterministic: > > 1. Higher priority handlers execute before lower priority ones. > > 2. For handlers with the same priority, those added earlier with > addEventListener() execute before those added later. > > When you write an event handler attribute in MXML, addEventListener() is > called to add that handler immediately after the component is first > created. > > So in Flex 2, cbChanged() should execute first, then fooViewHelper(). If > this isn't happening, please file a bug. > > - Gordon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of george_lui > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 5:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Component that has event listeners and handles > it's own event > > Hi, > > I have an interesting situation here. > > I have something like below. > > <mx:ComboBox id="employeeCB" > labelFunction="formatName" > change="empFolderViewHelper.cbChanged(event);"> > <mx:dataProvider> { ModelLocator.employees } </mx:dataProvider> > </mx:ComboBox> > > There's a handler for its "change" event. > > I also have event listeners of this comboBox that listens to the > change event as well. > > > view.employeeCB.addEventListener('change', fooViewHelper); > > I've noticed that the order of event execution seems to be that the > event listeners get the event first and processes it and then the > employeeCB handles its change event later. > > This seems to be consistent, but I'm not really sure if this is the > case behind the scenes. > > Anyone know the exact behavior of this? And if there's a way that I > can programmatically change the ordering of this execution? > > TIA, > George > > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
