FlexBuilder sees this:
[Event(name="ConfigFileEvent", type="event.ConfigFileEvent")]
And automatically creates a code complete version CONFIG_FILE_EVENT even if it
doesn't exist. It's always been that way. Either create the constant yourself,
or ignore the code completion and write "ConfigFileEvent".
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Raymond Brown <silenttr...@...> wrote:
>
> I created a custom event to pass a string with, shown here:
>
> package events
> {
> import flash.events.Event;
> public class ConfigFileEvent extends Event
> {
> public var configFile:String;
> public function ConfigFileEvent(type:String, configFile:String)
> {
> super(type);
> this.configFile = configFile;
> }
> override public function clone():Event {
> return new ConfigFileEvent(type, configFile);
> }
> }
> }
>
> I then have in my main class an event metadata tag, a dispatch and event
> listener shown here:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> creationComplete="initApp()" >
> <mx:Metadata>
> [Event(name="ConfigFileEvent", type="event.ConfigFileEvent")]
> </mx:Metadata>
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> import event.ConfigFileEvent;
> import events.ConfigFileEvent;
> private function initApp(): void {
> //simulate the getting of a config file from RO and once done sending out the
> event;
> var temp:String = "This works";
> var myConfigFileEvent:ConfigFileEvent = new
> ConfigFileEvent("ConfigFileEvent", temp);
> dispatchEvent(myConfigFileEvent);
> //now register to listen for the event
> this.addEventListener(ConfigFileEvent.CONFIG_FILE_EVENT, eventCalled);
> }
> private function eventCalled(event:ConfigFileEvent): void {
> //
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
> </mx:Application>
>
>
> However Flex builder won't compile because of the error:
>
> Access of possibly undefined property CONFIG_FILE_EVENT through a reference
> with static type Class. in the addEventListener line. Can someone provide a
> better insight as to this error and what it is that I am doing wrong?
>
