[flexcoders] SWF File Not Loading

2009-08-27 Thread Angelo Anolin
Hi FlexCoders, Got a question again. I am embedding my SWF object in an ASPX page. The HTML markup for the aspx page is shown as below: object id='mySwf'     classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-44455354    

RE: [flexcoders] Question on Flex Script Execution + Alert.show

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
No, sorry, there is NO code blocking in AS/Flex. You MUST do the work in result handler. Resistance is futile. It takes some getting used to but with a bit of thought, driven by necessity, you will find a way to re-arrange your functionality to work within the asynchronous, non-blocking

RE: [flexcoders] Flex Function and Web Service ResultHandler Question

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
Yes. I typically centralize all of my data within a model. Using the singleton pattern makes this very convenient. One more option is to use the AsyncToken to make data available in the result handler. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From:

[flexcoders] Apply filterFunction to datagrid XMLListCollection dataprovider question

2009-08-27 Thread chigwell23
private function filterRepRankDtlChnl(item:Object):Boolean{ if(item.results.record.chnl_cd == PREM) return true; else return false; } Filter is not filtering and I think it maybe item.results.record.chnl_cd - the item:Object is in this format: item ...results ..record

RE: [Spam] [flexcoders] Question on Flex Script Execution + Alert.show

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
No, no, no, this will not work. You must use the event mechanism. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nick Middleweek Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:33 PM To:

RE: [flexcoders] Flex Function and Web Service ResultHandler Question

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
It is simply a different way of thinking. Whatever you need to do, you can do within the constraints of the async/non-blocking coding paradigm. This is a hurdle that almost all new Flex developers must get over. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _

RE: [flexcoders] Apply filterFunction to datagrid XMLListCollection dataprovider question

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
Break the code into smaller pieces and debug to see what is wrong. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of chigwell23 Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:40 AM To:

RE: [flexcoders] Password Protection in Flex

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
Certainly, but it is a very complex subject with many solutions. Few of them are implemented in Flex alone. How secure is secure? Where and how do you want to maintain your list of user/passwords? Do you need to hash them or will you send them in clear text? Do you need to use https? I

[flexcoders] use combobox itemrenderer in stead of textinput

2009-08-27 Thread Webdevotion
Hello, I have a combobox using an itemrenderer. On change I want to display the same itemrenderer ( class ) as the selected item in the combobox. e.g.: a combobox with a colors list on change: show the selected color in stead of the color value Hope it makes sense : ) Thanks!

Re: [flexcoders] 'sans_nom_3.swc' does not have a recognized extension

2009-08-27 Thread Jorge Hernández
Hello lolveley, I am a beginner as well, I use sometimes flash files into my flex proyects and I just drag and drop the swf in to my flex panel and it works, I hope I can help you, Good Luck! 2009/8/26 lolveley lolve...@yahoo.fr hello, I have already send this message but there's no

Re: [flexcoders] Re: PDF-ActionScript communication in AIR app

2009-08-27 Thread b_productiv2000
In his article gonzalo huerta put an example, where he open an existing pdf file and add dynamicaly the javascript in it before open it in air application. I've try his example but got an error when opening an existing pdf file. :( I send him an email to see what i can do. Alban inudor a

[flexcoders] Flex Builder 3 coldfusion wizard error

2009-08-27 Thread Kevin Bowers
Hi all, I was wondering if anybody has come across the following error, or better still a solution. When using the coldfusion wizard to generate an application everything works fine. However, if we try the exact same process to produce an AIR application we are geting the following error

Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [flexcoders] Will Flex Builder be updated with 3.4 SDK release?

2009-08-27 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Wednesday 26 Aug 2009, Richard Rodseth wrote: He's using the command line and invoking the MXML compiler with the -version option. In FlexBuilder, you can right-click on a project, shrug He asked about the SDK :-) -- Helping to confidentially empower third-generation B2C internet sticky

[flexcoders] Re: Apply filterFunction to datagrid XMLListCollection dataprovider question

2009-08-27 Thread chigwell23
I wonder if is even possible to use the filter function with hierarchical XML, as all of the examples I have seen are of array collections or flat XML? This I think is the problem - the complete data provider is being passed into the item parameter of the filter i.e. the xml hierarchy in its

[flexcoders] Flex Builder 3 - Conditional Debugging

2009-08-27 Thread Michael Ridland
Hi Is is possible to have conditional breakpoints in Flex Builder 3? Either via the editor or action script. It would be cool if I could go if(ShouldBreak()) Debugger.Break(); Is there anything like this? or hacks? Thanks in Advance.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Will Flex Builder be updated with 3.4 SDK release?

2009-08-27 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Thursday 27 Aug 2009, Matt Chotin wrote: We are not releasing an updated Flex Builder, but the DMV download is available from http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flex3sdk *ohh* :-) -- Helping to quickly architect communities as part of the IT team of the year, '09

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Function and Web Service ResultHandler Question

2009-08-27 Thread Angelo Anolin
Hi Tracy, Thanks for the insight. I think this is one big hurdle (and one which would prevent some developers from embracing Flex). I am already getting used to Flex, but only for those which comprises of only single transactional call to the database. I still can't think of a way like to

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder 3 - Conditional Debugging

2009-08-27 Thread Wesley Acheson
what I do is something like this. if(shouldBreak){ trace(Break point); } I then put a break point on the trace line. Its the only way round I know about. Regards, Wesley Acheson. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Michael Ridland rid...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Is is possible to have

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder 3 - Conditional Debugging

2009-08-27 Thread Andriy Panas
import flash.debugger.enterDebugger; if(ShouldBreak()) { enterDebugger() } -- Best regards, Andriy Panas

Re: [Spam] RE: [Spam] [flexcoders] Question on Flex Script Execution + Alert.show

2009-08-27 Thread Nick Middleweek
Why won't it work? I can't see why it wouldn't... I'm still learning Flex so perhaps I've overlooked something. I do agree, it is bad coding but I can't see why it wouldn't work. The boolAlertContinue variable is in affect acting like semaphore... Cheers, Nick 2009/8/27 Tracy Spratt

[flexcoders] Html template for Flex appli.

2009-08-27 Thread christophe_jacquelin
Hello, I am searching an html website template that launch 2 flex applications. Thank you, Christopher,

[Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [flexcoders] Will Flex Builder be updated with 3.4 SDK release?

2009-08-27 Thread arieljake
that's pretty funny. :) --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Hastings paul.hasti...@... wrote: Nick Middleweek wrote: Thanks for your reply but what does this mean:* # /opt/flex/bin/mxmlc -version* it means tom lives in cave writes his code by banging together two rocks while

[flexcoders] Flex DMV 3.4.0

2009-08-27 Thread Mika Kiljunen
Hi, I just downloaded and installed DMV 3.4.0 with Flex SDK 3.4.0. I compared the sources of DMV 3.3.0 and 3.4.0 and it seems pretty close to nothing has changed. For example even a closed bug from Adobe Bug Issue Management System that was supposed to be fixed in April are not included in DMV

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder 3 - Conditional Debugging

2009-08-27 Thread Ivan Wang
It's impossible with FB3. But you can have it in Flash Builder 4, though it's still beta. Ivan - Original Message - From: Michael Ridland To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:20 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Flex Builder 3 - Conditional Debugging

[flexcoders] Line and area chart on the same coordinate system?

2009-08-27 Thread |Mirko
Hi, What i would like to do is display both area and line chart on the same graph with same coordinate axis but not sure if that's possible and how to do it. I googled a bit but couldn't find any useful example so if someone can give me few hints or maybe provide an example i would really

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Data Grid ShowHeaders property problem

2009-08-27 Thread Satish Chowdary
HiTimHoff, I tried with headerHeight = 0, but it still throws the error here is my piece of code...for better understanding... and please let me know where i can make changes to achieve this.. mx:DataGrid id=dtgLegTopics headerHeight=0 showHeaders=false

Re: [flexcoders] Line and area chart on the same coordinate system?

2009-08-27 Thread Ivan Wang
Flex chart can hold different series. You can just use one areachart, and in its series, add both line series and area series, that's it. Have fun :) - Original Message - From: |Mirko To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:31 PM Subject:

RE: [flexcoders] Line and area chart on the same coordinate system?

2009-08-27 Thread Jake Churchill
Use a Cartesian chart with a Line Series and Area Series Jake Churchill CF Webtools 11204 Davenport, Ste. 100 Omaha, NE 68154 http://www.cfwebtools.com http://www.cfwebtools.com 402-408-3733 x103 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of |Mirko Sent:

[flexcoders] Re: Flex DMV 3.4.0

2009-08-27 Thread tntomek
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Mika Kiljunen mkintens...@... wrote: Hi, I just downloaded and installed DMV 3.4.0 with Flex SDK 3.4.0. I compared the sources of DMV 3.3.0 and 3.4.0 and it seems pretty close to nothing has changed. For example even a closed bug from Adobe Bug Issue

[flexcoders] Show ProgressBar upon loading Modules

2009-08-27 Thread yonghan79
Hi all , i need help please..I've suceeded to show progressbar upon loading modules within FlexMDI Window,but i haven't figured out how to hide the progressbar upon ModuleEvent.READY.. I pu the codes here my codes http://www.pastebin.org/12640 ..Thanks a lot...

[flexcoders] May I reset the disabledRanges for DateField ?

2009-08-27 Thread markflex2007
Hi, I use the following code to reset disabledRanges for DateField,but it doesn't work.Can you help me to fix this. Thanks mk ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; mx:Script ![CDATA[ private var year:Number = 2009;

Re: [flexcoders] Flex DMV 3.4.0

2009-08-27 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Thursday 27 Aug 2009, Mika Kiljunen wrote: Hi, I just downloaded and installed DMV 3.4.0 with Flex SDK 3.4.0. I compared the sources of DMV 3.3.0 and 3.4.0 and it seems pretty close to nothing has changed. For example even a closed bug from Adobe Bug Issue Management System that was

Re: [Spam] RE: [Spam] [flexcoders] Question on Flex Script Execution + Alert.show

2009-08-27 Thread Beau Scott
You have to remember that flex renders according to the component lifecycle. There's a global timer that runs independent of everything else (according to the FPS the movie is playing) that more or less watches the objects in the display list and with each timer tick will re-render the objects

[flexcoders] Re: Will Flex Builder be updated with 3.4 SDK release?

2009-08-27 Thread tntomek
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Matt Chotin mcho...@... wrote: We are not releasing an updated Flex Builder, but the DMV download is available from http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flex3sdk FB3 unfortunately won't support 3.5 since they broke something on us last

Re: [flexcoders] May I reset the disabledRanges for DateField ?

2009-08-27 Thread Beau Scott
Use a change event on startDate to reset the disabled date range on end date. Beau On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:51 AM, markflex2007 markflex2...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi, I use the following code to reset disabledRanges for DateField,but it doesn't work.Can you help me to fix this. Thanks mk

[flexcoders] Re: Password Protection in Flex

2009-08-27 Thread AJC2357
Does not need to be that secure. Will be sending a randomized link (ex: www.example.com/FSDF3453459324_234hn) directly to client. I don't even have to deal with usernames, just one password that would make the dashboard functional. I will check out your website. Thanks for your time.

[flexcoders] Race conditions when event handlers triggered from different targets

2009-08-27 Thread Jon Gunnip
Hi, I have a concern about possible race conditions in our Flex application. I've read in Essential ActionScript 3.0 that the Flash runtime will not interrupt the execution of an event handler to update the screen. I'm wondering if there are any similar guarantees about the order in which two

Re: [flexcoders] May I reset the disabledRanges for DateField ?

2009-08-27 Thread Beau Scott
Sorry... hit send before I had a chance to paste code in: mx:Script ![CDATA[ private function resetEndDateRanges():void { endDate.disabledRanges = getDisabledRanges(); } private function getDisabledRanges():Array { return

RE: [flexcoders] Flex DMV 3.4.0

2009-08-27 Thread Battershall, Jeff
Where is DMV 3.4.0 available for download? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Chiverton Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:14 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Cc: Matt Chotin Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex DMV

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Apply filterFunction to datagrid XMLListCollection dataprovider question

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
I don't use ADG all that much, but the filter functions should get a record node for each call of the filter function. Have you used toXMLString() to trace out the item? Inside the filter function you can use any e4x expressions to traverse the xml, down into the child nodes or even up to parent

RE: [flexcoders] Flex Function and Web Service ResultHandler Question

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
Apply event.prevent default always, store any necessary information in a model, then in the result handler, update the dataProvider or not. Sure, there are always trade-offs. You could develop in C++ and you would not have this problem. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services

Re: [flexcoders] Flex DMV 3.4.0

2009-08-27 Thread Igor Costa
Here http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flex3sdk Is really open-source? Didn't saw any official news. Regards Igor On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Battershall, Jeff jeff.battersh...@dowjones.com wrote: Where is DMV 3.4.0 available for download?

RE: [Spam] RE: [Spam] [flexcoders] Question on Flex Script Execution + Alert.show

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
Flex procedural code is essentially single threaded. The loop will stop all other processing, the handler will never get called, and the loop will never stop. There is NO sleep or delay or pause or anything like that in Flex. You must use events. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services,

RE: [flexcoders] Race conditions when event handlers triggered from different targets

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
You can't predict order, but you can be assured that there is no parallel processing of actionscript code. I don't know the internals of the flash player well enough to say in detail but there are rules that control what code is processed when. If you need to know that two async processes

[flexcoders] Re: Data Grid ShowHeaders property problem

2009-08-27 Thread turbo_vb
I'm sure that you tried this yourself, but take out showHeaders=false and leave in headerHeight=0. -TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Satish Chowdary chinnu_...@... wrote: HiTimHoff, I tried with headerHeight = 0, but it still throws the error here is my piece of code...for better

[flexcoders] Re: Line and area chart on the same coordinate system?

2009-08-27 Thread jer_ela
You can add line series to an area chart, but you are better off using a cartesian chart as it doesn't have any functionalities are are chart type specific that can cause problems. Be aware that if the area series are going to be stacked, that you need to put them in an AreaSet, or they will

Re: [flexcoders] Flex DMV 3.4.0

2009-08-27 Thread Jeffry Houser
Does DMV refer to the data visualization package? IF so, what does the M stand for? I didn't see any news about it becoming available for free either. For the record, I checked my Flex Builder 3 install and the source code for the Data Visulization components is available in the 'pro' add

Re: [Spam] RE: [Spam] RE: [Spam] [flexcoders] Question on Flex Script Execution + Alert.show

2009-08-27 Thread Nick Middleweek
Tracy/ Beau... Thanks for your replies...That's helped me understand how things work a bit more... I'm going to try it though! haha :-) Cheers, Nick 2009/8/27 Tracy Spratt tr...@nts3rd.com Flex procedural code is essentially single threaded. The loop will stop all other processing,

Re: [Spam] RE: [Spam] RE: [Spam] [flexcoders] Question on Flex Script Execution + Alert.show

2009-08-27 Thread Samuel Colak
Nick There is a way to achieve what you are doing... Without hogging CPU cycles... callLater(method:Function, args:Array) This executes on the next redraw cycle. In effect its a cheap way to incur a Mutliwait facility. So to do what you are thinking about... You could do... var

[flexcoders] Re: Flex DMV 3.4.0

2009-08-27 Thread tntomek
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jeffry Houser j...@... wrote: Does DMV refer to the data visualization package? IF so, what does the M stand for? I didn't see any news about it becoming available for free either. For the record, I checked my Flex Builder 3 install and the source

Re: [Spam] RE: [Spam] [flexcoders] Question on Flex Script Execution + Alert.show

2009-08-27 Thread Beau Scott
All this said... there are hacky ways to visually emulate it... It's effectively the same as using separate methods, but visually looks like what you're after. There are some scope caveats to it (this references the global scope rather than the current class, duplicate named variables are

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex DMV 3.4.0

2009-08-27 Thread Jeffry Houser
But, if I have the ActionScript source code why would I need to do that? Can't I just compile my own swc? I feel like I'm missing a piece of the puzzle. tntomek wrote: Previously for 3.3 you had to run a java command that looked at your flex builder license file -- Jeffry

[flexcoders] Re: Apply filterFunction to datagrid XMLListCollection dataprovider question

2009-08-27 Thread chigwell23
thanks for your time Tracy, yes absolutely the whole shooting match is sent to the _one_ call to the function i.e. lstRepRankDrill, which is actually more than the dataprovider which is {lstRepRankDrill[0].record}. I know that the fact there is only one call to the filter is significant, but do

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Apply filterFunction to datagrid XMLListCollection dataprovider question

2009-08-27 Thread Tracy Spratt
Lets clarify terminology. dataProvider must always be a list of some kind, like an array, and XMLList an ArrayCollection or an XMLListCollection. It can not be a single XML node. This expression should return an XMLList: lstRepRankDrill[0].record If you

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Data Grid ShowHeaders property problem

2009-08-27 Thread Satish Chowdary
Thanks Tim now its working thanks a lot సతీష్ From: turbo_vb timh...@aol.com To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, 27 August, 2009 12:48:00 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Data Grid ShowHeaders property problem I'm sure that you tried this

[flexcoders] Re: Flex DMV 3.4.0

2009-08-27 Thread tntomek
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jeffry Houser j...@... wrote: But, if I have the ActionScript source code why would I need to do that? Can't I just compile my own swc? I feel like I'm missing a piece of the puzzle. tntomek wrote: Previously for 3.3 you had to run a

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex DMV 3.4.0

2009-08-27 Thread Doug McCune
Entering your license key into FB was supposed to automatically run the extraction too (although sometimes this didn't work and you had to manually run the extraction to get at the source). But yeah, now it seems like you just download the 3.4 DMV zip file from the official adobe website. On Thu,

Re: [flexcoders] Race conditions when event handlers triggered from different targets

2009-08-27 Thread Jon Gunnip
Thanks, Tracy. I'm not principally concerned with knowing when two operations have completed. I'm more concerned about checking the status of a global variable in event handler A' and then having that variable's value changed by event handler B' before A' is finished executing. In Java you might

RE: [flexcoders] use combobox itemrenderer in stead of textinput

2009-08-27 Thread Alex Harui
Try using colorpicker. Alex Harui Flex SDK Developer Adobe Systems Inc.http://www.adobe.com/ Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Webdevotion Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:40 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com

RE: [flexcoders] Race conditions when event handlers triggered from different targets

2009-08-27 Thread Alex Harui
Because actionscript is single-threaded, your scenario cannot happen. Alex Harui Flex SDK Developer Adobe Systems Inc. Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon Gunnip Sent: Thursday,

RE: [flexcoders] SWF File Not Loading

2009-08-27 Thread Alex Harui
You can add trace statements to the app to see if it does load or not Alex Harui Flex SDK Developer Adobe Systems Inc.http://www.adobe.com/ Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Angelo Anolin Sent: Wednesday, August

Re: [flexcoders] how to wait for one event to finish?

2009-08-27 Thread coder3
i see that you create a singlton to dispatch and addeventlistener. that makes sense. but what is this class EventListener? thanks!! c nathanleewei-2 wrote: public class MessageEventBus extends EventListener { public static getInstance(): MessageEventBus { } } // public

[flexcoders] horizontallist scrolltoindex question

2009-08-27 Thread fotis.chatzinikos
Any ideas how to simulate scroll bar arrow clicks? I.E. moving a lists element one - by - one and not by 'page' as scrolltoindex does. By page i mean the following: list contains 5 elements scroll to index 0-5 does nothing visually, while scroll to index 6 brings 6 as the first element and you

RE: [flexcoders] horizontallist scrolltoindex question

2009-08-27 Thread Alex Harui
increment horizontalScrollPosition? Alex Harui Flex SDK Developer Adobe Systems Inc.http://www.adobe.com/ Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fotis.chatzinikos Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:18 PM To:

RE: [flexcoders] Race conditions when event handlers triggered from different targets

2009-08-27 Thread Gordon Smith
Are there any resources that describe the internals of the Flash player? Is there a spec like there is for the Java runtime? Unfortunately, no. About the closest thing is a spec for the SWF file format. But that spec doesn't really explain how the Player loads and executes a SWF file. -

[flexcoders] Is there a way to get the original array index of a selection in a datagrid?

2009-08-27 Thread tendancer2000
I have a datagrid with an Array dataprovider. A user double clicks on a row which takes them to a new state where they can do things with that data item including an action that should remove it from the original array. I was planning on using the selectedIndex property to index into the array

Re: [flexcoders] Race conditions when event handlers triggered from different targets

2009-08-27 Thread Jon Gunnip
Alex, Thanks. Just to be clear, are you saying that once event handler A' begins executing, another event handler B' will not begin executing until A' finishes? Even in a single-threaded environment, not knowing how the flash player works, it is possible that the player could decide to pause an

[flexcoders] Re: Is there a way to get the original array index of a selection in a datagrid?

2009-08-27 Thread turbo_vb
Hi Paul, If you use an ArrayCollections as the dataProvider for the DataGrid instead, you can remove an item like so: myArrayCollection.removeItemAt( myDataGrid.selectedIndex ); The DataGrid's selectedIndex is the same as the index of the item in the ArrayCollection. -TH --- In

RE: [flexcoders] Race conditions when event handlers triggered from different targets

2009-08-27 Thread Gordon Smith
Yes, that is what Alex is saying. Handler B will not begin before handler A finishes. Event handlers don't get paused. Furthermore, when you (or the Player) calls dispatchEvent(), all the event handlers listening for that event execute before dispatchEvent() returns. Gordon Smith Adobe Flex