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    copied!<p>I made a custom event that's supposed to be fired when a specific function within a class is executed. I listen for this event from within my main script, frame one of my timeline. See the code to understand my question a bit better.</p> <p>My CustomEvents.as</p> <pre><code>package { import flash.events.Event; public class CustomEvents extends Event { public static const PAGE_EMPTY:String = "Page Empty"; public function CustomEvents(type:String) { super(type); trace("hello from within the event class!"); } } } </code></pre> <p>The function within FRONT_PAGE.as that dispatches the event</p> <pre><code>public function exitPage(){ dispatchEvent(new CustomEvents(CustomEvents.PAGE_EMPTY)); var mainLinkExitMove:Tween = new Tween(mainLink, "y", Strong.easeOut, mainLink.y , -150, 3, true); var gridExitMove:Tween = new Tween(grid, "y", Strong.easeOut, grid.y , -150, 3, true); } </code></pre> <p>And finally the code that calls the above function, and listens for the returned event. frontPage is an object of the FRONT_PAGE.as class, declared earlier in the code.</p> <pre><code>function gotoSubPage(){ frontPage.exitPage(); frontPage.addEventListener(CustomEvents.PAGE_EMPTY, ef_FrontPageFinishedExiting); function ef_FrontPageFinishedExiting(event:CustomEvents){ trace("Event has been caught"); } } </code></pre> <p>I know I am reaching the CustomEvents constructor, as the trace within it gets printed. The problem is it seems like the event does not reach the function caller?</p> <p>I was unable to find good examples of how to use simple custom events, so this is how I think it's supposed to be. What am I doing wrong?</p>
 

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