dispatchEvent - one works; one doesn't - why?

[ironchefmoto]

I have a Shell.as class set to my project's document class. In Shell.as, I instantiate one instance each of Background.as and Navigation.as. Background.as uses BulkLoader to load all the project's background images and what not. When it's done, it dispatches a custom event up to Shell.as:

private function onAllComplete(e:Event):void
{
trace(":: Background.onAllComplete() ::");
// instantiate content background sprite
_bgContent = new Sprite();
// position the content background sprite
_bgContent.x = BG_CONTENT_X;
_bgContent.y = BG_CONTENT_Y;
// draw content background sprite
with (_bgContent)
{
graphics.beginFill(BG_CONTENT_COLOR);
graphics.drawRect(0, 0, BG_CONTENT_WIDTH, BG_CONTENT_HEIGHT);
graphics.endFill();
}
// get background bitmap
_bgBitmap = e.target.getBitmap("background");
// get team logo bitmap
_teamLogoBitmap = e.target.getBitmap("team_logo");
_teamLogoBitmap.x += BG_MARGIN_X;
// get market logo bitmap
_marketLogoBitmap = e.target.getBitmap("market_logo");
_marketLogoBitmap.x = BG_WIDTH - _marketLogoBitmap.width - BG_MARGIN_X;
_marketLogoBitmap.y += BG_MARGIN_Y;
// set instance names
_bgContent.name = "background_content";
// add children to display list
addChild(_bgBitmap);
addChild(_teamLogoBitmap);
addChild(_marketLogoBitmap);
addChild(_bgContent);
// dispatch BG_COMPLETE event to Shell.as; set bubbling to true
dispatchEvent(new Event(BG_COMPLETE, true));
// remove BulkLoader event listeners
bgLoader.removeEventListener(BulkLoader.COMPLETE, onAllComplete);
bgLoader.removeEventListener(BulkLoader.PROGRESS, onAllProgress);
}

Navigation.as does the same thing -- but it's not loading a bunch of things. I just want to be notified when it's done. Probably instantly, since it's just using the drawing methods in Flash 9:

private function renderNav():void
{
trace(":: Navigation.renderNav() ::");
var nav_tab:NavTab;
var nav_shift:Number = 0;
_navItems = new Array();
for (var i:uint = 0; i < TAB_ACTION.length; i++)
{
// create new instance of tab graphic sprite
nav_tab = new NavTab(
_tabLabels[i].toUpperCase(),
_actColorTop,
_actColorBottom,
_inactColorTop,
_inactColorBottom);
// give each instance an incremental instance name
nav_tab.name = "nav_tab_" + i;
// shift each new instance to the right to create overlapping tabs
nav_tab.x += nav_shift;
// incremement the cumulative x shift until you reach the last tab
if (i < TAB_ACTION.length)
{
nav_shift += TAB_SPACING_X;
}
// set the sprite button mode to true
nav_tab.buttonMode = true;
nav_tab.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onMouseOver);
nav_tab.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onMouseOut);
nav_tab.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClick);
// add each sprite button to the navigation items array for easy reference
_navItems.push(nav_tab);
// add the tab instance to the display list
addChild(nav_tab);
}
// dispatch NAV_COMPLETE event to Shell.as; set bubbling to true
dispatchEvent(new Event(NAV_COMPLETE, true));
}

Background.as dispatches fine. But Navigation never gets received by Shell.as. No errors. Nothing. Here are the event handlers from Shell.as:

addEventListener("onNavComplete", onNavComplete);
addEventListener("onBackgroundComplete", onBackgroundComplete);

// event handler - "onNavComplete" custom event
private function onNavComplete(e:Event):void
{
trace(":: Shell.onNavComplete() ::");
// make _navigation visible when it is complete
_navigation.visible = true;
}

// event handler - "onBackgroundComplete" custom event
private function onBackgroundComplete(e:Event):void
{
trace(":: Shell.onBackgroundComplete() ::");
// make _background visible when it is complete
_background.visible = true;
}

Any ideas why I can't make the Navigation.as dispatchEvent work? Is it just being processed too fast?

IronChefMorimoto

[ironchefmoto]

My quandary with Navigation.as not firing off that custom "onNavComplete" event just got weirder. I'm already firing off another custom "onNavClick" event that Shell.as is receiving just fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
IronChefMorimoto