Trouble with Custom Event Class

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Hello Everyone,

In an attempt to grow my AS3 knowledge, I’ve created a a custom event class that extends the event class. In it I basically pass a data object, so I can freely pass data between classes. It works great when the object that initiates the event is clicked but I can get it work when I simply run a function. I don’t get errors but nothing happens either the line of code is essential ignored. Here is my current code:

THE CUSTOM EVENT CLASS:


package com.acs  
{
    import flash.events.Event
    
    public class ThumbEvent extends Event{
        
        private var _data:Object;
        
        public static const PAGETHUMB_CLICK:String = 'pageThumbClick';
        public static const THUMBLOAD_COMPLETE:String = 'thumbLoadComplete';

        public function ThumbEvent(type:String, obj:Object = null) {
            _data = obj;
            
            super(type, true, false);
        }
        
        public function get data():Object {
            return _data;
        }

    }
}

Here, I send the dispatch event from another class:


        private function buildSlider():void
        {
            var space:Number = 0;

            _slider.container_mc.mask = _slider.mask_mc;

            _thumbDir = _xml.@ thumbs;
            _fullDir = _xml.@ fulls;

            _xmlList = new XMLList(_xml.children());

            for (var i:uint = 0; i < _xmlList.length(); i++)
            {
                var img:String = _thumbDir + _xmlList*. @ img;
                var clip:String = _xmlList*.@clip;
                var ptitle:String = _xmlList*.title;
                var pnum:String = _xmlList*.number;

                _pageThumb = new PageThumb(img,clip,ptitle,pnum);
                _pageThumb.x = space;
                _slider.container_mc.addChild(_pageThumb);
                
                space += _thumbWidth + _thumbPad;
            }
            
            dispatchEvent(new ThumbEvent(ThumbEvent.THUMBLOAD_COMPLETE, {allLoaded:"true"}));
                
            scrollContent();
        }

And here is the Event Listener that is listening for the event to occur (Note: this code is in my document class which is a completely different class from where the dispatch event is occurring):


        private function loadScene():void
        {
            _scene = new Base(_xml, stage);
            addChild(_scene);
            
            _scene.addEventListener(ThumbEvent.THUMBLOAD_COMPLETE, thumbCompleteHandler);
            _scene.addEventListener(ThumbEvent.PAGETHUMB_CLICK, thumbClickHandler);
        }
        
        private function thumbClickHandler(e:ThumbEvent):void 
        {
            trace(e.data.allLoaded);
        }

Again, I’m fairly new to making custom events. I can get this code to work if I initiate it by a button click but I can’t get it to run when its been called from a basic function. Which is what I need here. Any help on what I’m doing wrong here is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!