Dispatching Event from embeded swf

[next2heaven]

How do I send an even from an embeded swf and receive it from the class that called it?

Code the dispatches from account_settings.swf file.

dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(CustomEvent.ACCOUNT_INFO, {theData:pipeSize.selectedItem.data}));

Code that embeds the item and listens for event

[Embed(source="/assets/account_settings.swf")]
private var _accountSettingsClass:Class;
var _accountSettings:MovieClip = new _accountSettingsClass as MovieClip;
_window.addChild(_accountSettings);
_accountSettings.addEventListener(CustomEvent.ACCOUNT_INFO, getInfo);

(the CustomEvent is just a class that extends the Event and allows me to pass information back and forth with the event)

[5TonsOfFlax]

I don't see why that wouldn't work. Have you tried it? Are you sure the event is being dispatched?

[next2heaven]

The dispatch is being called for sure. I can't figure out why it's not 'hearing' it (so to speak).

[5TonsOfFlax]

Is the event being dispatched before the listener is added? For example, if it is dispatched in the constructor, then there's no chance that the listener has been added yet.

[next2heaven]

No...I've got it attached to a button. So whenever you click the button it dispatches the CLICK event and in that function it does the dispatching using the customEvent.

[5TonsOfFlax]

Is your event dispatched directly from the accountSettings document class, or an object within that? You might try setting bubbles=true on the event in the latter case.

Also try catching it within the accountSettings class itself just as a debug, to see if it gets that far.