How to call a function with event

Question

How do I call a function with a event inside it?
function showTopTen(e:Event):void
    highscoreData = new XML(e.target.data);
    trace("Hiscores: " + highscoreData.item[0].name.text() + " - " + highscoreData.item[0].score.text())
//showTopTen();  ..??

Answer 1

Could you indicate why you would want to?
The eventhandler you show here uses the properties of the event object passed as an argument.
The way I read it it is data retrieved from a server so your app won't know anything about is untill it is loaded from the server which should be done with an URLLoader object which in it's turn calls your eventHandler when the Event.COMPLETE is triggered.
something like:
var urlLoader = new URLLoader();
urlLoader.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, showTopTen )
urlLoader.load( new URLRequest( "http:// etc." ) );
to me would seem the proper method to have the function execute.