Flex Tip: Error accessing the stage when the app first loads

Long story short use the applicationComplete event.

This is something I struggled with for a while. I don’t use a mouse much and like to code keyboard shortcuts into the applications I build. My code initially looked like this:



4 thoughts on “Flex Tip: Error accessing the stage when the app first loads”

  1. Instead of adding the event listner to the stage object and using the callLater add it to the systemManager object:
    systemManager.addEventListener(_____, _______);

    and get rid of the callLater.

    I hope this works as well!

    Dov

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    1. Thanks for the advice, I generally find that when I’m using the callLater it’s a workaround for something I’m doing wrong. Could you give the file name/line number you’re referring to though, I’m having trouble finding it.

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  2. Line 12 in the first code box above. Where you add the eventListener. add it to the systemManager object instead of the stage object.

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