Dispatching Event ...first trial ....

Question

Hello
.....see code next....EventTrial object will dispatch an
"trialObjectCreated" event. This is caught correctly with the
method test in the same object. The object "MyFirstApplication"
which creates the EventTrial object also listens to the same event.
But it seems it doesn't "hear" it being generated. Any idea what I
did wrong...
results showing in console:
test dispatched from eventTrial
event dispatche....
[object EventTrial]
[SWF]
F:\FlexSourceData\myFirstApplication\bin\myFirstApplication-debug.swf
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Thanks
package{
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
public class EventTrial extends EventDispatcher {
public function EventTrial(){
this.addEventListener("trialObjectCreated",test);
dispatchEvent(new Event("trialObjectCreated"));
trace ("event dispatche....");
private function test(event:Event):void{
trace("test dispatched from eventTrial");
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
public class myFirstApplication extends MovieClip {
private var eventTrial:EventTrial;
public function myFirstApplication() {
addEventListener("trialObjectCreated", show);
eventTrial = new EventTrial();
trace(eventTrial);
private function show(event:Event):void {
trace ("trialObjectCreated");

Answer 1

You need to add the listener to the EventTrial instance which
is firing the event.
I'm not sure if it will work though, since you fire the event
in the constructor.
Try this:
- Add a method 'fire' to EventTrial which dispatches the
event (and take the event dispatch out of the constructor)
- In your myFirstApplication constructor, create an
EventTrial instance and then add the event listener to that
instance:
public function myFirstApplication () {
this.eventTrial = new EventTrial();
this.eventTrial.addEventListener("trialObjectCreated", show);
this.eventTrial.fire();
}