Why am I getting this event error?

[Handycam]

I created a custom event to pass a parameter:

package com.events {      import flash.events.Event;            public class HotSpotEvent extends Event      {           public function HotSpotEvent(type:String,  hotSpotNumber:int=0, bubbles:Boolean=true, cancelable:Boolean=false)           {                super(type, bubbles, cancelable);                this.hotSpotNumber = 0;           }                      public static const HOT_SPOT_CLICKED:String = "hotSpotEvent";                      public var hotSpotNumber:int;                      override public function clone():Event {                return new HotSpotEvent(type, hotSpotNumber);           }      } }

Then a function in one swf is triggered and dispatches the event:

var eventObj:HotSpotEvent=new HotSpotEvent("hotSpotEvent"); eventObj.hotSpotNumber=getHotSpotNumber(obj); dispatchEvent(eventObj);

Then I have a listener on the scrollpane that loads this swf:

private function swfLoadedHandler(e:Event):void {    sp.content.addEventListener("hotSpotEvent", hotSpotHandler); }

Lastly, my event handler:

private function hotSpotHandler(e:HotSpotEvent):void {      trace("hot spot clicked = "+e.hotSpotNumber); }

Which is correctly tracing "hot spot clicked = 1" BUT also gives me:

hot spot clicked = 1

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.events::Event@45b78a61 to com.events.HotSpotEvent.

at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()

at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()

at HotSpot/clickedMe()

What did I get wrong here?

[kglad]

the first line of suspect code is

 public static const HOT_SPOT_CLICKED:String = hotSpotEvent;

which should be

 public static const HOT_SPOT_CLICKED:String = "hotSpotEvent";

unless hotSpotEvent is a variable that's defined somewhere.

[Handycam]

It has the quotes, this forum removes them and apparently makes strings red.  So it's not that.

[kglad]

the next error is there's no getHotSpotNumber() method shown.  actually, there are so many problems your post can't be an accurate reflection of what you're doing.

you don't need to respond but i can't help you and i doubt anyone else can without accurate information.

[Handycam]

I didn't want to put the whole code, but there's such a method that returns an integer.

it would seem this works, since the number is correctly getting to the trace statement in the parent app.

What's odd is that the root app's event handler is firing, is correctly getting the property of the HotSpotEvent (hostSpotNumber), but then it complains about coercing the event type.

So I have attached the whole code.  The "InspectorShell.as" is the main app's document class, the inspector.as is the doc class for the movie loaded into the scrollpane, and then the custom event.

[kglad]

you could click file/publish settings/flash and tick "permit debugging".  that will give the line number of the error and make it easier to correct.