Hello Paul
In your code you are creating a separate EventDispatcher, which is not
part of any displaylist. If you let your WebServiceCheck dispatch the
event instead, it should work. At least as long as it is part of a
displaylist.
Cheers,
Ralf.
On 6/23/06, Jon Hirschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> So I'm putting my event listener in the application
> core. What I would like is for this event to enter
> the event stream and bubble up to the application
> core. Currently, it doesn't look like it even makes
> it out of the document that I'm in. I'm not even sure
> that it gets populated outside of the class itself.
>
> What i'd really like is to have this event entered
> automatically into the event stream with out having to
> have an event repeater.
>
> --- Paul Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > Sprite extends EventDispatcher, so you don't need to
> > instantiate another
> > EventDispatcher in your class.
> >
> > Instead, try the following:
> >
> > this.dispatchEvent(new
> > Event("AuthenticationFailed",true,false));
> >
> > If you still have problems can you let us know what
> > object you are
> > creating your event listener on?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of Jon Hirschi
> > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:45 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [flexcoders] how do you dispatch event from
> > a custom class?
> >
> >
> > I have a custom class that I want to be able to
> > dispatch an event. However, it's not entering the
> > event into the event stream, I don't even think the
> > event is getting out of the class. I have bubbles
> > set
> > to true. does anyone know how to get the event
> > entered into the event stream... the docs aren't
> > very
> > explicit on this subject....
> >
> > ie
> >
> > code to call my class...
> >
> > private function
> > handleLBResponse(eventObj:ResultEvent):void {
> > var tempArray:Array;
> > var checkResult:WebServiceCheck = new
> > WebServiceCheck();
> > if
> >
> (checkResult.checkServiceReturnStatus(eventObj,true))
> >
> > {
> > tempArray =
> >
> mx.utils.ArrayUtil.toArray(eventObj.result.lbvServerTos);
> > if (tempArray.length > 1) {
> > dpLBVServerData.source =
> > tempArray;
> > } else {
> >
> > dpLBVServerData.removeAll();
> > }
> > } else {
> > dpLBVServerData.removeAll();
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > code in the class
> >
> > -----------------------------------
> >
> > package comp.webconfig.services {
> >
> > import flash.display.Sprite;
> > import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
> > import mx.controls.Alert;
> > import flash.events.Event;
> > import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
> >
> > public class WebServiceCheck extends Sprite {
> >
> >
> >
> > public var isSuccess:Boolean;
> > public var statusType:String;
> > public var message:String;
> > public var rawMessage:String;
> >
> > public function WebServiceCheck() {
> >
> > }
> >
> > public function
> >
> checkServiceReturnStatus(resultToCheck:ResultEvent,alertOnError:Boolean=
> > false):Boolean
> > {
> > var myMessage:String;
> > var isSuccess:Boolean = true;
> > var myRawMessage:String;
> > var myRawStatus:String;
> > var dispatcher:EventDispatcher = new
> > EventDispatcher();
> > if (resultToCheck.result != null) {
> > if (resultToCheck.result.requestMessage
> > != null)
> > {
> > myRawMessage =
> > resultToCheck.result.requestMessage;
> > }
> > if (resultToCheck.result.requestStatus)
> > {
> > myRawStatus =
> > resultToCheck.result.requestStatus;
> > }
> > }
> > if (myRawStatus != null) {
> > switch (myRawStatus) {
> > case "Failed" :
> > // do something here
> > like popup a message
> > myMessage = "Sorry,
> > there was an error trying to
> > access the information you requested. \n\n"
> > myMessage +=
> > myRawMessage;
> > isSuccess = false;
> > break;
> > case "Unauthorized" :
> > // do something here...
> > like popup a message
> > myMessage = "Sorry, you
> > were not authorized to
> > access the information you requested. \n\n"
> > myMessage +=
> > myRawMessage;
> > isSuccess = false;
> > break;
> > case "AuthenticationFailed" :
> >
> > dispatcher.dispatchEvent(new
> > Event("AuthenticationFailed",true,false));
> > myMessage = "Sorry, you
> > are either not Logged
> > in, or you have been logged out. \n\n"
> > myMessage +=
> > myRawMessage;
> > isSuccess = false;
> > trace("this person is
> > unauthorized");
> > break;
> > default :
> > // do nothing because
> > they should be fine here.
> > // this should be a
> > success
> > myMessage = "Results
> > returned successfully";
> > break;
> > }
> > } else {
> > // do nothing here because we are
> > guessing that
> > this was a successful addition
> > }
> > if (!isSuccess && alertOnError) {
> > showErrorMessage(myMessage);
> > }
> >
> > this.isSuccess = isSuccess;
> > this.statusType = myRawStatus;
> > this.message = myMessage;
> > this.rawMessage = myRawMessage;
> >
> > return isSuccess;
> > }
> >
> > public function
> > showErrorMessage(message:String):void {
> > mx.controls.Alert.show(message,"Error Requesting
> > data from server");
> > }
> > }
> > }
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