Delegate class... Help!

[jowie]

Hi there,

I have not found any reason for it, but the Delegate class doesn't appear to work in Flash Lite, any version. Here is my code:

function x_onLoad(result:Boolean)
{
	trace("x_onLoad FUNCTION CALLED");
	if (result)
	{
		trace("SUCCESS!");
	}

}

var x:XML = new XML();
x.onLoad = Delegate.create(this, x_onLoad);
x.load("db/questions.xml");

My trace in Device Central is:

FTPS033: A Call to loadVariables(db/questions.xml) found, limitations might apply.
Connected to file://C:\Work\test\bin\db\questions.xml.
Loaded data from file://C:\Work\test\bin\db\questions.xml.
Finished request for file://C:\Work\test\bin\db\questions.xml.

However, if I don't use Delegate (which, I might add, is a right pain in the @ss):

var x:XML = new XML();

x.onLoad = function(result:Boolean)
{
	trace("x.onLoad function called");
	if(result)
	{
	trace("SUCCESS!");
	}
};
x.load("db/questions.xml");

It works fine:

FTPS033: A Call to loadVariables(db/questions.xml) found, limitations might apply.
Connected to file://C:\Work\test\bin\db\questions.xml.
Loaded data from file://C:\Work\test\bin\db\questions.xml.
Finished request for file://C:\Work\test\bin\db\questions.xml.
x.onLoad function called
SUCCESS!

Anyone got any clues? I can't find anything else on the web about Delegate not working in Flash Lite. Surely it's just a simple AS2.0 class?

Thanks!

:-Joe

[jowie]

Hello all again,

Just by posting this message I have noticed what was happening... And it's a weird one! It's all working perfectly... It's just that for some STRANGE reason, when Flash Lite hits a LoadVars-type event, the Output window in Flash STOPS tracing:

StartupCommand
StartupViewCommand
DebugMediator:_level0.debug
FPSComponent
FPSComponent:_level0.debug.FPSComponent
StartupModelCommand
LoadQuestionsCommand::execute
_questionProxy:[object Object]
FTPS033: A Call to loadVariables(db/questions.xml) found, limitations might apply.
Connected to file://C:Worktestndbquestions.xml.
Loaded data from file://C:Worktestndbquestions.xml.
Finished request for file://C:Worktestindbquestions.xml.

Since I was looking at that Output window and not the one in Device Central, I assumed it wasn't working. However the Output window in Device Central does report all the traces I was expecting:

StartupCommand
StartupViewCommand
DebugMediator:_level0.debug
FPSComponent
FPSComponent:_level0.debug.FPSComponent
StartupModelCommand
LoadQuestionsCommand::execute
_questionProxy:[object Object]
FTPS033: A Call to loadVariables(db/questions.xml) found, limitations might apply.
Connected to file://C:\Work\test\bin\db\questions.xml.
Loaded data from file://C:\Work\test\bin\db\questions.xml.
Finished request for file://C:\Work\test\bin\db\questions.xml.
LoadQuestionsCommand::onLoad
NextQuestionCommand::execute
[object Object]
0
<question id="0"><subject>maths</subject><tag>mobile</tag><title><text>A dice is thrown 80 times. it lands on a six 12 times. What is the probability of throwing a six?</text></title><option id="A"><text>1/6</text></option><option id="B"><text>3/20</text></option><option id="C"><text>4/12</text></option><option id="D"><text>3/6</text></option><answer>B</answer></question>

hooray!!

I thought I'd post my findings here just in case someone else comes up against this oddity... You never know! I just have to remember to keep looking at the Output window in DC from now on and not the one in Flash!