http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-25T08:55:32 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/00000138.html#82699 Hey.<br /><br />What's the point of overriding Event.toString() in a custom event object?<br /><br />The text states that the method is internally by the event model system, and that the method must be overridden to ensure that event subclasses will work properly.<br /><br />Also, when I looked up Event.formatToString, it states that overriding the toString() method is recommended, but "not" required.<br /><br />Does the system parse the string, or is it the string used primarily for tracing and debugging purposes?<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />__________<br />-Zir0 out. Ziro_0 0 0 2008-04-05T14:17:14