If you do not call DragManager.acceptDragDrop(), the other drag events like dragDrop won't fire.
Joan ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Forsberg Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Only DragEvent.DRAG_ENTER fires in Custom Component I have the following custom component that allows a user to drag an item from a datagrid into an image of a trashcan located in the titleBar of the panel housing the datagrid for deletion from the grid. The custom component renders fine, but the only DragEvent that is captured is the DRAG_ENTER. Do I need to do something different to capture the other Drag Events, particularly the DRAG_DROP? Thanks. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Panel xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " width="612" height="306" headerHeight="25"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.events.DragEvent; import mx.containers.Panel; import mx.controls.Image; import mx.containers.HBox; import flash.events.MouseEvent; import mx.controls.Alert; //Embed Images [Embed("../Images/images.jpg")] public var trashcan:Class; //Declare UI Elements that go into the Panel Titlebar private var myTrashcan:Image; private var myHBox:HBox; private function dragEnterEvent(event:DragEvent):void{ Alert.show("DragEnter"); } private function myDropEvent(event:DragEvent):void{ Alert.show("DragDrop"); } override protected function createChildren():void{ super.createChildren(); myTrashcan = new Image(); myTrashcan.source = trashcan; myTrashcan.width = 21; myTrashcan.height = 29; myTrashcan.addEventListenerDragEvent.DRAG_ENTER,dragEnterEvent); myTrashcan.addEventListener(DragEvent.DRAG_DROP,myDropEvent); myTrashcan.addEventListener(DragEvent.DRAG_OVER,dragEnterEvent); myTrashcan.addEventListener(DragEvent.DRAG_EXIT,myDropEvent); myTrashcan.addEventListener(DragEvent.DRAG_COMPLETE,myDropEvent); myHBox = new HBox(); myHBox.addChild(myTrashcan); // Add the HBox and the icons to the titleBar display titleBar.addChild( myHBox ); } override protected function updateDisplayListunscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void{ super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth,unscaledHeight); myHBox.setActualSize(myHBox.getExplicitOrMeasuredWidth (),myHBox.getExplicitOrMeasuredHeight() ); // Position the HBox var y:int = 4; var x:int = this.width - myHBox.width - 12; myHBox.move(x, y); } ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Panel>
