Dispatchevent problem

Question

I am trying to run a basic eventlistener but unable to run, in debugger shows both the init and creationcomplete methods are executed but the showText is  not able to run what might be the reason?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
               xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
               xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600"
               creationComplete="onComplete()"
               initialize="init()">
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            public static const callMe="Call_Event";
             public    function onComplete():void{
                dispatchEvent(new Event(callMe,true,false));
           public    function init():void{
                group.addEventListener(callMe,showText);
    public function showText(e:Event):void{
                  rt.visible=true;   
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <s:VGroup id="group">
    <s:RichText 
        id="rt"
        text="Hai"
        visible="false">
    </s:RichText>
    </s:VGroup>
</s:Application>
thanks for reading.

Answer 1

Hi, Your dispatched event is not reaching to 'group' so it is not listening it.
You are dispatching it at the top application level.
So you can listen it at application level by adding listener at application itself rather than on group as this.addEventListener(CALL_ME_EVENT,showText);
or
dispatching event from group container i.e. group.dispatchEvent(new Event(CALL_ME_EVENT,true,false));
I have done it by dispatching event at group level and it works.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
               xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
               xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
               initialize="{init();}"
               creationComplete="{onComplete();}"
               minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
    <fx:Declarations>
        <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
    </fx:Declarations>
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Alert;
            public static const CALL_ME_EVENT:String="Call_Event";
            public function init():void
                group.addEventListener(CALL_ME_EVENT,showText);
            public function onComplete():void
                group.dispatchEvent(new Event(CALL_ME_EVENT,true,false));
            public function showText(e:Event):void
                rt.visible=true; 
                trace("Done.. :)");
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <s:VGroup id="group">
        <s:RichText id="rt"    text="Hai" visible="false"/>
    </s:VGroup>
</s:Application>
Hope it helps you.
Abhinav Sharma