So I have a simple component which is a help button, (the component
is mainly just an image.) I wrote a custom event (extends Event) for
use all over my app when a help event occurs, like a request to
launch help. I want to just dispatch this custom event when my
custom help button is clicked, so this is my setup:
in the script tag:
import myPackage.blahblahblah.event.HelpEvent;
private function onHelpClicked():void
{
dispatchEvent(new HelpEvent(HelpEvent.HELP_INITIALIZED, true));
}
then later in the MXML:
<help:HelpButton click="onHelpClicked()" />
But the problem is, I get a runtime error when the component is
clicked, "Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
com.venice.event::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to flash.events.MouseEvent."
If I don't dispatch my custom event, it runs fine.
Why and how can I fix this? I just want to dispatch a custom event
when the component is clicked on.
Also, one thing I have never understood about mixing MXML and
Actionscript, is why, when you assign a method to run when something
is clicked on, you don't do this:
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private function onMyButtonClick(event:MouseEvent):void
{
//do stuff
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Button click="onMyButtonClick()"/>
Why don't you put in (event:MouseEvent) as an argument for that
method like you do with other handlers in Actionscript, but not when
the method is called from MXML?
Thanks
Jason
