Ok, I have a controller class that has an onInit function that is
fired form a class constructor. For some reason when I call a function
from there, it never fires.....
This is a partial code snippet.
// Constructor
public function dirTestController()
{
//turn the key, start it up....
addEventListener( FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE, onInit );
}
private function onInit( event:Event ):void
{
//setup event listeners
systemManager.addEventListener( getDirEvent.GET_DIRECTORY_EVENT,
handler_GetDirectoryEvent );
// get the initial data
// ----> THIS NEVER FIRES
getDirectoryData();
}
public function getDirectoryData(evt:Event):void
{
// fire an event(s) to get the initial data
dispatchEvent (new getDirEvent(getDirEvent.GET_DIRECTORY_EVENT));
}
To work around it, I used this (and it works):
private function onInit( event:Event ):void
{
//setup event listeners
systemManager.addEventListener( getDirEvent.GET_DIRECTORY_EVENT,
handler_GetDirectoryEvent );
// Set a timer since the below function does not seem to get fired.
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1, 1);
myTimer.addEventListener("timer", getDirectoryData);
myTimer.start();
}
Now I have found a way around it by using a timer class, but I am
wondering why the original would not work? When i call the
getDirectoryData function from a button click or so on, the data comes
in without issue. And obviously it works when dispatched by a timer,
etc.
dnk
