Custom event listener callback fails

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• Management of the custom event sent by loading SWF fails

  I loaded and SWF using SWFLoader. Not a component, but just a regular Flash AS3 SWF. I can access its properties and functions but when I listen to a custom, event distributes, I get the error:

  Error #1034: Type coercion failed: cannot convert com.subhumanmedia.classes::SoundCueEvent@911ad61 to com.subhumanmedia.classes.SoundCueEvent.

  Here's the event:
  package com.subhumanmedia.classes
  {
  import flash.events.Event;
  SerializableAttribute public class SoundCueEvent extends Event
  {
  public static const = "cueSound" CUE_SOUND:String
  
  private var soundCueObjectInstance:Object;
  
  public void SoundCueEvent (type: String, bubbles: Boolean, cancelable: Boolean, soundCueObject:Object)
  {
  parameter soundCueObject:
  soundCueObject.cueSoundURL is the string with the name of file to play
  soundCueObject.cueSoundStartTime is the number giving the millisecond offset to read from
  //
  Super (type, bubbles, cancelable);
  soundCueObjectInstance = soundCueObject;
  }
  public function get soundCueObject (): Object
  {
  Return soundCueObjectInstance;
  }
  override public function clone (): event
  {
  return new SoundCueEvent (type, bubbles, cancelable, soundCueObjectInstance);
  }
  }
  }

  Here is the statement in the loaded SWF, the event:
  dispatchEvent (new SoundCueEvent (SoundCueEvent.CUE_SOUND, true, false, soundCues [cueCounter]));

  
  soundCues is an attay soundCueObjects.

  Here is the definition of the listener in my main class:
  slide.slideGraphic.swfObject.content.addEventListener (SoundCueEvent.CUE_SOUND, cueSoundHandler);

  And here's the Manager:
  private void cueSoundHandler(e:SoundCueEvent):void
  {
  trace (e);
  }

  If I change the type of parameter of the event Manager, it does not take a mistake, but I can't yet ride a SoundCueEvent event in order to obtain tracking information.

  Now both the right loaded SWF and main class get the definition of the event from a compiled SWC, but I tried several other ways to do it without any better result.

  I don't know even what causes the error and am totally baffled by how to solve it. Can anyone help?

  It is equivalent to the problem of shared code described in the presentation of the modules on my blog.

  Alex Harui

  Flex SDK Developer

  Adobe Systems Inc..

  Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

• Tween event listener does not

  Hello

  In a frame script, I have an event listener that must call "onFinish" function when the motion tween is completed. (See the relevant parts in red below). I never see this output "done the interpolation. It fails silently. I tried the addEventListener method in different places... nothing helps. What Miss me?

  Thank you!

  Fl.transitions import. *;
  Fl.transitions.easing import. *;
  Import fl.transitions.Tween;
  Import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
  
  

  var currentFrameMC = animImg;
  
  var scaleXTween:Tween = new Tween (animImg, "scaleX", Bounce.easeOut, 1,2,2.4, true);
  var scaleYTween:Tween = new Tween (Bounce.easeOut, 1,2,2.4, animImg, "scaleY", true);
  var alphaTween:Tween = new Tween (animImg, "alpha", Strong.easeOut,.5, 1, 11, true);
  
  

  Put a listener on the MC I can't tell when it's interpolation of the scale.
  currentFrameMC.addEventListener (TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, onFinish);
  
  

  This is another event listner put a button:
  (The button, when clicked, will raise the narrowing of the MC animImg)
  reverseTween1.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, shrinkFrameMC);
  
  

  Retractable / scale down the anImg by interpolation
  This shrinkFrameMC(e:MouseEvent) function evolves down playback video clip
  {
  scaleXTween = new Tween (currentFrameMC, "scaleX", None.easeNone, currentFrameMC.scaleX, 1, 3, true);
  scaleYTween = new Tween (currentFrameMC, "scaleY", None.easeNone, currentFrameMC.scaleY, 1, 3, true ");
  Interpolation of the alpha of the clip again, this time to reverse state
  alphaTween = new Tween (Strong.easeOut, 1,.5, 11, currentFrameMC, "alpha", true);
  }

  
  onFinish(e:TweenEvent):void //This function performs an action when the MC frame interpolation
  {
  trace ("tween completed");
  NEVER SEE THIS OUTPUT
  }

  You set the event listener Tween interpolation, not of the object being interpolated.

• Custom events ScriptUI

  Hi all

  Is there a chance I can spread custom in ScriptUI events? I tried this example in ESTK and it works very well. However, I tried to run in multiple CS applications and all my attempts raised errors. My intenttion is to create custom components that raise events listened to by the parent window. Am I asking too much?

  function test()
  {
  
            var w = new Window('dialog');
            var btn = w.add('button');
  
            w.addEventListener ('custom', tata);
  
            btn.onClick = function()
            {
                      w.close()
                      var e = new UIEvent('custom', true, true, w, null);
                      e.data= {test:"hello"};
                      w.dispatchEvent(e)
            }
  
  
            function tata(e)
            {
                      alert(e.data.test);
            }
            w.show();
  }
  
  
  test();
  

  Thanks for any advice/advice,

  Loïc

  This whole event ScriptUI thing is not intended to be comprehensive. It works in ESTK is probably an anomaly. ScriptUI events, you can only do 1 of 3 types (keyboard events, mouse events, and...? uh...).

  And do you that through ScriptUI.events.Event.createEvent () (or syntax-it comes to submissions within the time of CS4).

  But what you can do is to write your own event system...

  Something like that - of course you can write an event class, data pass, you name it.

  See the attachment for a primitive way to do...

• What is the custom event that fires?

  Hello
  
  What is customized event triggered in the OPA.
  
  I heard that, at the time of the training online OPA in last week.

  A custom event is a way to write a rule that will send a signal. When executing time event listeners can be attached to the motor of the OPA, and a custom event can be used as a way to signal that something should happen.

  For Documentation on writing a raiseevent rule see rules of use to trigger external software applications in modeling of political Oracle Help.

  For Documentation on the event listeners, see events and event handlers and example: handle the events of modules with an inference event listener in Oracle policy Automation Developer Help.

• Custom events are not heard or sent successfully

  Hey guys, I did experiments with the writing of my first custom event.  So I have a MovieClip class in the library called "curtains."  He plays an animation and at the end of the animation, I have the code:

  Stop();

  dispatchEvent (new Event ("closed"));

  Now, I create an instance of this MC curtains in my class below.  The custom event is not detected.  Did I put the event listener in the wrong place?  What I've done wrong?

  package {}

  import flash.utils.Timer;

  import flash.events. *;

  import flash.display. *;

  SerializableAttribute public class TransitionTimer extends MovieClip {}

  var localTimer:Timer = new Timer (4000,1);

  curtains: curtains of var = new Curtains();

  public void TransitionTimer() {}

  localTimer.addEventListener (TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, playTransition, false, 0, true);

  addEventListener (Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, addedHandler);

  }

  public void addedHandler(e:Event):void {}

  starts the timer which called Transition curtain

  localTimer.start ();

  Adds the event listener for the custom event 'closed' to frame 27 curtains MC.

  curtains.addEventListener ("closed", loadNextScreen);

  }

  public void playTransition(e:TimerEvent):void {}

  addChild (curtains);

  }

  public void loadNextScreen(e:Event):void {}

  trace ("loadNextScreen");

  curtains.gotoAndPlay ("open");

  }

  }

  }

  Thanks in advance for any help

  Add a track to your class TransitionTimer to confirm that it is used as the document class.

  Add a line to the last frame of your movieclip where your 'closed' event is dispatched.

  Copy and paste the instructions of tracing so that might not be obvious what is your problem.

• ActionScript 3 - several variables for event listener.

  OK, I have a question (of course this is the reason why I'm here).  I put emphasis on PHP a lot lately and just had a customer who requires an MP3 play several songs so I had to whip on my rusty actionscript skills.  I have the complete player and it does not work as you wish.  The downside is that there are several pieces.  I use separate functions for each song and separate event listeners.  My main question is there a way to combine these functions into one and just use the event listener to pass another variable to functions?  Here is a sample of one of the code for Song1.  I would like to do so anywhere there is Song1 in the code, I can make a variable so I can put for example (Song2, Song3, Song4, etc..)  In this way, I can have one or two functions to manage all the songs instead of having to copy, paste and then search and replace.

  Thanks for the help!

  // Song 1
  var Song1:Sound = new Sound();
  pbSong1.source = Song1;
  //pbSong1.visible = false;
  var Song1Loaded:Boolean = false;
  
  pbSong1.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, Song1LoadComplete);
  btnSong1Play.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Song1Play);
  btnSong1Stop.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Stop);
  
  function Song1Play(event:MouseEvent) {
       if (Song1Loaded == true) {
            sndchnlMain.stop();
            sndchnlMain = Song1.play();
       } else {
            pbSong1.visible = true;
            Song1.load(new URLRequest("media/music/Song1.mp3"));
       }
  }
  
  function Song1LoadComplete(event:Event) {
       trace("Size of file: " + Song1.bytesTotal);
       Song1.close();
       Song1Loaded = true;
       if(sndchnlMain) {
            sndchnlMain.stop();
       }
       sndchnlMain = Song1.play();
       pbSong1.visible = false;
  }
  

  You can code

  function SongPlay(event:MouseEvent) {var songNum:int = Number(event.currentTarget.name.split(btnSong).join("").split("Play").join(""));      if (SongLoaded) {  // use one booleanSongLoaded=false;           sndchn.stop();  // use one soundchannel
           sndchn = this["Song"+songNum].play();
       } else {
            pbSong1.visible = true;
            this["Song"+songNum].load(new URLRequest("media/music/Song"+soundNum+".mp3"));
       }
  }
  
  

• Cannot remove the Image event listener

  I'm clearly missing something and would be grateful for the help.  I'm trying to run an event handler when a full picture of loading, then remove the Manager so that it does not once again the image needs to be reloaded later.

  The problem I'm having is that the event handler simple custom ' disappear, despite the call removeEventListener on the Image object.

  The following example illustrates the problem (the example do anything useful... it's just the shortest example to demonstrate the problem).  (To run the application, you will need to provide any file JPEG ol ' named 'myImage.jpg' in the directory 'src' to your project).

  What to expect to happen is:

  (1) at startup, the image loads and runs of loadComplete().

  2) loadComplete removes the event listener so that subsequent re-loads don't get re-triggers the Manager.  I want only the Manager to run once.

  3) 'loadComplete' should appear in the debug console.

  (4) a click on the button should display only 'change picture' in the debug console

  What I get instead is that Manager loadComplete is not removed, and whenever I click on the button, loadComplete runs when the image is re-load (i.e., each button click results in the showing in the debug console 'change picture' AND 'loadComplete' ).

  <? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"? >
  " < = xmlns:mx mx:Application ' http://www.Adobe.com/2006/MXML "layout ="absolute"> "
  "<mx:Image width ="655"height ="181" source =" myImage.jpg" id ="MyImage" autoLoad ="true"="true"scaleContent complete =" loadComplete () " ="100"x ="100"/ >
  < mx:Button = "100" x = "341" label = "Button" click = "click (event)" / >
  < mx:Script >
  <! [CDATA]
  private void loadComplete(): void
  {
  trace ('loadComplete');
  myImage.removeEventListener ("complete", loadComplete);
  }
  private void click(evt:Event):void
  {
  trace ("change Image");
  myImage.load ("myImage.jpg");    Reload image even; This is just an example
  }
  []] >
  < / mx:Script >
  < / mx:Application >
  

  Hello

  You can only remove event listeners you added with the addEventListener() method in an ActionScript block. You cannot remove an event listener that has been defined in the MXML tag, even if it has been registered by using a call to the addEventListener () method that was made within an attribute of the tag.

  Check this page for reference.

  http://livedocs.Adobe.com/Flex/3/HTML/Help.HTML?content=events_05.html

  You can change the code a bit get it works

  
  
  private function myImage_creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
  {
       myImage.addEventListener("complete",myImage_completeHandler);
       myImage.load("myImage.jpg");
  }
  
  private function myImage_completeHandler(event:Event):void
  {
       myImage.removeEventListener("complete",myImage_completeHandler);
  }
  

• On the motion tween event listener

  Hi all

  I have worked with Flasg CS4 HAVE 3.0 for a few weeks now, and I touched something that left me open-mouthed all by building a portfolio site.

  Staging:

  In order to maintain the low initial file size, I currently use UILoaders to control the content that is currently viewing.  I have five total UILoaders that change the source in that based on what the user clicks on the button.  Each UILoader is nested inside two clips so that I can control the transition animations and so they do not overlap.   Example:

  I.Index/Stage

  A.Parent Movie Clip

  1. nested Movie Clip with custom entering and leaving the motion tweens on the UILoader child.

  a. UILoader

  So far, I was able to use the buttons on the main to shoot to the top of the UILoaders eco-friendly stage.  When you click a button, an event listener calls the UILoader, sets its source and anime 'in' thanks to its parent movie clip.  When you click a different button to replace the source of the UILoader, the original source is anime 'out' with the same parent movie clip.

  Here's the problem:

  I can't understand how to change the source of the UILoader that after the custom motion tween is completed.  I know how to configure a listener of events on each button to change the source of its respectful UILoader, but I need the animation 'out' motion tween to complete to the UILoader before the new source is caught.

  It seems to me that there should be an event listener to attach to button, listen to an interpolation of specific movement at the end and attach a function to change the source of the UILoader only at this time there.

  Here's a sample script that toggles the IULoader source:

  content_mc.profile_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, profileClick);

  
  function profileClick(e:MouseEvent):void {}
  profile_mc.profile_mc.profileLoader.source = "Profile.swf";
  profile_mc.gotoAndPlay ("Enter");
  }

  content_mc.work_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, workClick);

  function workClick(e:MouseEvent):void {}
  profile_mc.gotoAndPlay ("Exit");
  }

  Any ideas?

  I would really appreciate it.

  Yes, you might have a function coded everywhere where he would be executed better and you could call this function at the end of the Tween.  If interpolation is inside a movieclip, then you can precede the function call with MovieClip (parent).  or MovieClip (root).  Depending on how deep you are on children...

  MovieClip (parent) .callFunction ();

  You can also assign an event listener personalized to the movieclip that listen to the parents.  At the end of the Tween in the mc, you might have...

  dispatchEvent (new Event ("imDone"));

  In your parent assign you a listener for the event to the mc.

  youTweeningMC. addEventListener ("imDone", eventHandler);

  function eventHandler(event:Event):void {}
  Regardless of your intentions
  }

• Variables that may be related to custom events Vs

  Greetings to all...

  I'm working on an application that is too great, so whenever we can, we create custom components and classes to organize the entire procedure as good as possible.

  Today, I was working on a login form that is also a custom component.

  So, this component has a remote object to get the user to the server if the connection is successful.

  This user must be sent to other components too and also in the main application that is the parent of the connection.

  I created a custom event that is shipped to the component if the connection is successful.

  My main application is to listen to this event in order to get the logged in user.

  It's a way to do it.

  The other way would be to make two user objects can be bound and whenever the user inside the element object is ready it would change too.

  Which do you think is the best approach for what I'm doing?

  In my opinion (since I read a looooot on memory leaks with objects that can be linked) the best approach is to work with objects that can be linked only when its necessary.

  Your opinion about this?

  Binding is not prohibited, as it is a valuable element of Flex, but sometimes when you use the binding, you end up elements of hard wiring in your application, which limits your ability to code reuse more easily.

• Custom events

  Hello

  I want to trigger an event to a class and listening to the other.  There are several examples on the net but I don't really understand them.  Can someone explain please how can I get the value of newTextInput in the lower class on the evolution and pick it up in another class.

            public function changeHandler(event:Event):void{
                 
            }
            
            //  Creates a text input 
            public function setText(label:String, type:String, id:String):void{
                 var newFormItem:FormItem = new FormItem;
                 var newTextInput:TextInput = new TextInput;
                                
                 newFormItem.label = label;
                 newTextInput.id = type;
                 newTextInput.text = id;
                 newTextInput.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, changeHandler);
                                
                 this.addChild(newFormItem);
                 newFormItem.addChild(newTextInput);                                   
            }
  

  This is the class I want to get the value of newTextInput:

  package components{
       
       import mx.controls.TextArea;
            
       public class KamTextArea extends TextArea{
            
            public var label:String;
            public var required:Boolean;
            
            public function KamTextArea(){
                 label = "Null";
                 required = false;           
                                
            }
  
            public function setupProperties(propertyInstance:PropertiesForm):void{
                 
                 propertyInstance.setText('Label','label',this.id);
                 propertyInstance.setBool('Required', 'required');
            
            }
            
            private function update():void{
                 this.text = "df";
                 
            }
  
       }
  }
  

  Thank you

  You need to understand the basics of the custom events, please read the Adobe LiveDocs page:

  Ching http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Flex+3+dispatching+Custom+Events&AQ=1&OQ=Flex+3+dispa & AQI = g2

  So create a custom event and make the event type 'myEvent '.

  Can have a property of the custom event to the value of newTextInput.

  Your other class listens for the event and accessing the property of the event object that contains the value ofnewTextInput.

  You may need to add the event listener to systemManager:

  systemManager.addEventListener (MyCustomEvent.MY_EVENT, myHandler);

  My post Cookboo Flex deals with custom events. It's a bit long, but if operate you locally, it can clarify certain points.

  http://www.Adobe.com/cfusion/CommunityEngine/index.cfm?event=ShowDetails&ProductID=2&postI d = 11246

  If this post answers your question or assistance, please mark it as such.

• Passing a parameter to a custom event?

  OK, I almost have this figured out, but there's always a part that escapes me.
  
  I have a component that will dispatch a custom event 'ImageClicked' (see code). The component instance has a string variable ' var link: String. I pass a string of binding to this element when it is created, such as the purpose, say that the value is "" http://www.adobe.com ". "
  
  I want to raise this event to the main application and not the value of 'link' with the event, so my request then go to the Adobe homepage (in this example).
  
  I then this event listener: mainStack.addEventListener (ImageClicked.CLICK, goLink);
  
  My goLink function expects a string parameter, the value of 'link' in the component, in this case, I wish it were " http://www.adobe.com".
  
  Can someone please clear this up for me? I feel like I'm so close, but it is missing a key ingredient

  Here is one approach. Let us know if this does not work in your situation.

• Create and use custom events

  Hello, I have a custom component that is essentially a form, populated select fields in a datagrid. I want a button on the form to switch the currentState of application by default to 'change '. I have tried this, but didn't get very far.
  
  I am trying to create a custom event from the component, to be listened to in the main application. I think it's I'm havinf trouble with this one.
  
  First of all, is the best way to do things? I thought it would be. My code is below, any help would be appreciated.
  
  See you soon,.
  
  David
  
  "" < mx:Application xmlns:mx = ' http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml ' layout = "absolute".
  creationComplete = "create1 ()" xmlns:components = "components.*" > "
  < mx:Script >
  <! [CDATA]
  public void stateChangeToEdit(eventObj:Event):void {}
  currentState = "change"; I have to qualify the scope of application?
  }
  This is the where I think I should be 'listen' for the same, but I'm not sure of the correct syntax
  []] >
  < / mx:Script >
  .. <!-datagrid, webservice call, etc.->
  .. <!--appeal to the component-->
  < itemNameSet = "{components dg.selectedItem.ITEMNAME: form}" itemTypeSet="{dg.selectedItem.ITEMTYPE}"/ > "
  < / mx:Panel >
  < / mx:HBox >
  < / mx:Application >
  
  <!-code component->
  
  <? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"? >
  "" < mx:Form xmlns:mx = ' http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml " width ="100% "height ="100% ">
  < mx:Metadata >
  [Event (name = "stateChangeToEdit" type = "flash.events.Event")]
  < / mx:Metadata >
  < mx:Script >
  <! [CDATA]
  [Bindable] public var _itemName:String;
  [Bindable] public var _itemType:String;
  
  public function set itemNameSet(itemName_value:String):void
  {
  _itemName = itemName_value;
  }
  
  public function set itemTypeSet(itemType_value:String):void
  {
  _itemType = itemType_value;
  }
  
  public function buttonClickHandler (): void {}
  var eventObj:Event = new Event ("stateChangeToEdit");
  dispatchEvent (eventObj);
  }
  []] >
  < / mx:Script >
  
  < mx:FormItem label = "" name of the article: "id ="formitem2">"
  < mx:Text id = "itemName" text = "{_itemName}" / >
  < / mx:FormItem >
  < mx:FormItem label = "" Item Type: "id ="formitem1">"
  < mx:Text id = "itemType" text = "{_itemType}" / >
  < / mx:FormItem >
  < mx:FormItem width = "140" id = "formitem3" >
  < mx:Button label = "Edit" id = "button1" click = "buttonClickHandler ()" / >
  < / mx:FormItem >
  < / mx:Form >
  

  You must add an eventListener to listen for the event. First give an id to your custom component:

  Now you are calling a create1function that is not declared anywhere, then change the code of your application to this script:

  
  

  public void create1(): void
  {
  myForm.addEventListener ('stateChangeToEdit', stateChangeToEdit);
  }

  public void stateChangeToEdit(eventObj:Event):void {}
  currentState = "change"; I have to qualify the scope of application?
  }
  ]]>
  

  Try this and let me know if it worked

• Using the simple custom event

  I try to get a better understanding of the events and to create my own custom events and calling dispatchevent. This is in reference to a previous post here: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=60 & catid = 585 & threadid = 1329712 & enterthread = y
  
  Initially, I tried to get this working in the middle of a bunch of other things going on but could not get my disptachevent to trigger the listener that I had put in place. After messing around for a while, I decided to just pull this part out and try to get the basics of this work (I always have problems with). While I can find a lot of examples, listeners in action out of events predefined (such as mouse clicks) can't get a lot about what I'm trying to do. I don't know I am missing a simple property of the events and making a call wrong here but I can't understand what it is.
  
  

  Quote:
  
  <? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"? >
  "" < mx:Application xmlns:mx = ' http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml ' layout = "absolute" initialize = "createListener ()" >
  
  < mx:Script >
  <! [CDATA]
  
  Import mx.controls.Alert;
  
  public function createListener (): void {}
  var dataListener: EventDispatcher = new EventDispatcher();
  
  dataListener.addEventListener ("myEvent", retrieverListener);
  Alert.Show ("listener created");
  }
  
  public void retrieverListener(event:Event):void {}
  Alert.Show ("event fired");
  }
  
  private function tempFunction (): void {}
  dispatchEvent (new Event ("myEvent"));
  }
  
  []] >
  < / mx:Script >
  
  < mx:Button = "108" x = "193" label = "Button" click = "tempFunction ()" / >
  
  < / mx:Application >
  

• Problems with custom events

  I'm trying to figure out this problem I'm having with custom events, I've read all the documents and tutorials that I can find, and this bit still makes no sense.
  
  I have the following configuration:
  
  LoginForm: custom component (which is created as a popup via the PopupManager)
  ApplicationHeader: custom component (which is added to the MXML application)
  application: creates the LoginForm as a popup via the PopupManager, has ApplicationHeader defined in the MXML.
  
  When a user logs in the LoginForm dispatches an event customized, there are two defined listeners:
  
  1. in the application:
  
  private void showLoginForm(): void {}
  var loginForm:LoginForm = LoginForm (PopUpManager.createPopUp (this, LoginForm, true));
  loginForm.addEventListener (UserLoggedInEvent.USERLOGGEDINEVENT, userLoggedInHandler);
  }
  
  2. in the component custom of ApplicationHeader :
  
  private function init (): void {}
  parent.addEventListener (UserLoggedInEvent.USERLOGGEDINEVENT, userLoggedInHandler);
  }
  
  When the event is dispatched the request listener picks it up as expected, however the listener inside the custom component sees ever-even if the event is set to bubble.
  
  The only way I managed to get this working is to do the following in the application:
  
  private void userLoggedInHandler (event:UserLoggedInEvent.USERLOGGEDINEVENT): void {}
  // .. the event handling logic
  the return of the event
  dispatchEvent (event);
  }
  
  This makes no sense at all, what happens if I didn't want the application to handle the event itself. There is a line in the documentation of the event
  who says "You can only save a listener of events with an object if that object dispatches the event." who could explain it, but it is still absurd.
  
  Any help/tips/examples would be most useful as I am pulling my hair out here.

  Never mind, I just read this post ( http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=60&catid=585&threadid = 1257178 & highlight_key = y & keyword1 = custom % 20components) and I was pointed in the right direction - I had to add the metadata for the event to the application.