Swap task flow in dynamic region from menuitem in menubar

Hello,
I have a dynamic region and two task flows. I have action listeners that swap the task flows into the dynamic regions. When these action listeners are tied to buttons, everything works as expected, but if i attach them to menuitems on a menubar, despite the fact the the listener is executed (based on log file debugging), the task flow in the region does not change.
Can anyone please give me an idea why, and exactly how someone can swap a task flow in a dynamic region from a menuitem.
I'm using Jdeveloper 11.1.1.0.1
Thanks
Edited by: fakintoy on Apr 22, 2009 3:45 PM
Edited by: fakintoy on Apr 22, 2009 3:46 PM
Edited by: fakintoy on Apr 22, 2009 4:06 PM

Hi,
My guess is that the region is not added to the list of partial targets. Add a partialTrigger on the region pointing on the menu item.
p.s. Code snippet would really help to get a more precise answer here
Regards,
~ Simon

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