Hi - i know this is an old post - but could anyone please explain how to get the class posted by 5TonsOfFlax to work???

I tried the following...

DataEvent.as
Actionscript Code:
package classes{
    
    import flash.events.Event;
    
    public class DataEvent extends Event{
      public var content:*;
    
      public function DataEvent(type:String, data:*, bubbles:Boolean = false, cancelable:Boolean = false){
         super(type, bubbles, cancelable);
         content = data;
      }
    
      public function clone():Event{
         return new DataEvent(type, content, bubbles, cancelable);
      }
    }
    
}

on stage

Actionscript Code:
var MyClass:theClass = new theClass();
MyClass.addEventListener("callBack",showMessage);
function showMessage(de:DataEvent):void{
  trace("doSomething triggered.  data is: "+de.content);
}

In theClass

Actionscript Code:
package  {
    
    public class test {

        public function test() {
            dispatchEvent(new DataEvent('callBack','test message'));
        }

    }
    
}


But i cannot get it to work

Thanks for any help