Deep Linking problem

Question

Hi,
I am trying to add Deep Linking to the large Flex3 app
(it has one main HTML file and collection of dashboards selects one via ComboBox).
so I would like to be able to send a link like  http://myserver/myapp.html#/dashboard1
New to SWFAddress, so please bare with me.
I have seen a Flex sample coming with SWFAddress:   http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/  (click Flex link)
and tried to integrate it into my app.
So far I was able to put that  fragment id (#/dashboard1) when this particular dashboard (db1) is selected.
But if I go to Firefox and change it to say, #/dashboard2, nothing happens, it never goes to call  
handleSWFAddress() change event handler.
I do have JS libraries in place, declared in HTML,
and SWFAddress.swc in lib of that FB project.
Haven't changed Helper.as much from original sample.
So here is a skeleton of my app:
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
    name="Dashboard" ...  
    applicationComplete="initSWFAddress()"
    currentStateChange="setSWFAddress()" >
<mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
          private function selectDashboard(name:String):Dashboard {
                var dashboard:Dashboard = Dashboard(this.contentStack.getChildByName(name));
                //dashboard=null;
                if ( dashboard == null){
                    dashboard = this.createDahsboard(name);
                    if (dashboard != null) {
                        this.contentStack.addChild(dashboard);
                this.selectedDashboardIndex = this.contentStack.getChildIndex(dashboard);
                var ctlTool:DisplayObject = dashboard.getToolbarControl();
                //Remove old toolbox
                var oldTool:DisplayObject = this.appControlBar.getChildByName(TOOLBOX_NAME);
                if (oldTool != null) {
                    this.appControlBar.removeChild(oldTool);
                //Add toolbox if any
                if (ctlTool != null) {
                    ctlTool.name = TOOLBOX_NAME;
                    this.appControlBar.addChildAt(ctlTool,3);
                // change Fragment
                SWFAddress.setValue("/"+name);
                Alert.show ("set dashboard: "+name);
                return dashboard;
           private function onChangeDashboard(e:Event):void {               
                var currDashboard:Dashboard = Dashboard(this.contentStack.selectedChild);
                currDashboard.beforeCloseDashboard();
                this.contentStack.removeChild(this.contentStack.selectedChild);
                var name:String = ComboBox(e.target).selectedItem.toString();
                GlobalComponents.instance.resetSession();
                this.selectDashboard(name);
            private function initSWFAddress():void {
                handleSWFAddress(new SWFAddressEvent(SWFAddressEvent.CHANGE));
                SWFAddress.addEventListener(SWFAddressEvent.CHANGE, handleSWFAddress);
            private function setSWFAddress():void {
                Alert.show("in setSWFAddress()");
                Helper.setSWFAddress(this);
            private function handleSWFAddress(event:SWFAddressEvent):void {    // never gets called  !
                // switch to new Dashboard
                var name:String = SWFAddress.getValue();
                Alert.show("handleSWFAddress()  DashboardIndex: "+selectedDashboardIndex+", setting Dashboard to fragment id (Name): "+name);
                this.selectDashboard(name);
                Helper.handleSWFAddress(this, event);
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
        <mx:ComboBox  id="dashboardChooser" toolTip="Click to select a Dashboard"
                             tabIndex="0" dataProvider="{this.dashBoardList}"
                             change="onChangeDashboard(event)"/>              
        <mx:ViewStack id="contentStack" width="100%" height="100%" selectedIndex="{this.selectedDashboardIndex}" styleName="blue2BG">       
        </mx:ViewStack>
</mx:Application>
Few caveats:
1) we do use States in that MXML file for something comletely irrelevant.  Was hoping to use it with ComboBox.  Is States necessary for SWFAddress?
2) we do use history.js for browser history, but not deep linking (hope it doesn't interfere with SWFAddress)
3) I did not put SWFObject.js - not in that sample
4) I did not put Google Analytics JS - hope it is not required for SWFAddress (Event) to work.
Please help !
TIA,
Oleg.

Answer 1

The startup sequence I have is the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mx:Application
  initialize="{InitWRX()}"
>
    private function InitWRX() {
        SWFAddress.addEventListener(SWFAddressEvent.EXTERNAL_CHANGE, InitWR0, false,0,true);           
    private function InitWR0(event:Event = null) {
        crnt_path = SWFAddress.getValue().substr(1);           
      ChildWR(crnt_path,bRel);
SO iow, I'm thinking you should only call addEventListener(SWFAddressEvent.EXTERNAL_CHANGE...) in your function initSWFAddress.  (Furthermore, I only listen for EXTERNAL_CHANGE, not CHANGE.)
You say HandleSWFAddress never gets called, but I'm thinking it gets called, but that SWFAddress.getValue is not working in it, because you need to addEventListener(SWFAddressEvent.EXTERNAL_CHANGE..)  first in initSWFAddress and then don't call HandleSWFAddress manually, but let the eventhandler call it.