Dispatch custom event from itemClick handler

Question

hi,
I'm trying to dispatch a custom event from my itemClick handler.
So when I click on an item of my datagrid, I want to send a custom event.
private function dataGridItemClickHandler( event:ListEvent): void
     dispatchEvent( new myEvent( myEvent.NEW, values[event.columnIndex]["name"]) );
<mx:DataGrid dataProvider="{values}" itemClick="dataGridItemClickHandler(event)">
</mx:DataGrid>
but this code doesn't work.
Can you help me
thanks
best regards

Answer 1

Please see that you override the function clone() and return the new function.If that is correct.you can call the super() method to initialize your base class.
If your custom event {myEvent} is in package say: CustomEvent,
1)import package CustomEvent.myEvent
2) keep in <mx:metadata>[Event(name="NEW", type="CustomEvent.myEvent")]</mx:metadata>.. name suggest  what type of event you want
3)Create an itemclick listener and in dataGridItemClickHandler
private function dataGridItemClickHandler( event:ListEvent): void
     dispatchEvent( new myEvent( ' NEW ', values[event.columnIndex]["name"]) );
private funcation myEventListener(evt:myEvent):void
//Put your logic
4)Use this event by name NEW="myEventListener(event)"  this will behave as event type in the datagrid tag like click, hover and others.
Hope this helps! Please excuse if anything is logically incorrect.Do point out.Thanks.