Anything wrogn with this dispatchEvent?

Question

Looks like a begginer question bu
t i really don't know wat am i doing wrong. Used to work a lot with eventDispatchers but now it seams not working.
File 1:
private function init():void{
     dispatchEvent(new Event("myEvent_eventDispatcher", true, true))
File2:
private function init():void{
     addEventListener("myEvent_eventDispatcher", myEvent_eventHandler);
private function myEvent_eventHandler(e:Event):void{
     Alert.show("Event dispatched");
Don't know why but the eventListner is not callong the myEvent_eventHandler function. I know that cause i debug the applicaciont with a breakpoint by the function.

Answer 1

Well... If these are two different files then they are two different components right?
Your addEventListener call is listening for an event on 'File2'. If you wish to listen for the myEvent event on a specific instance you need:
   myFile1.addEventListener(...), where myFile1 is the instance of the component you want to listen to.
If you are wanting to just capture 'myEvent' on the DOM, they what you have there is fine, just look up the interface for addEventListener and pass 'true' for 'useCapture'.
Lastly if you are expecting 'myEvent' to "bubble" up the DOM, then make sure both your File1 instance and File2 are actively on the display list, and that File 2 is somehow an ancestor to File1 in the DOM.
Hope that helps,
Corey