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HELP!

okay, I'm moving from MX to MX2004 and I'm having trouble with MX2004 button component. I'm used to the change click handler function and I know for MX2004, I need to use a listener but I can't get my code to work. Whats wrong?

ActionScript Code:
onSubmitListener = new Object();onSubmitListener.click = function();{ //Create a new LoadVars instance for the form data formData = new LoadVars(); //Initialize formData variables formData.txtZip = ""; formData.cboDist = ""; formData.dealer = "stores"; //Gather the order information into a LoadVars Instance formData.txtZip = escape(txtZip.text); formData.cboDist = cboDist.getValue(); formData.dealer = "stores"; //Create another LoadVars instance to receive the server's reply replyData = new LoadVars(); //Initialize reply variable replyData.reply_txtZip = ""; replyData.reply_cboDist = ""; replyData.reply_dealer = "stores"; //Specify a function to call when this new instance receives the reply replyData.onLoad = handleReply; //Submit the data formData.sendAndLoad("http://www.blahblah.com", replyData, "POST"); //Telling the user what is happening scroller.text = "Please wait while your information is being processed. . .";}onSubmit.addEventListener("click", onSubmitListener);}function handleReply(success) { if (success) { trace("done loading"); scroller.html = true; scroller.htmlText = replyData.textfield; } else { scroller.text = "There was a problem submitting your information. The server my be down or not responding."; }}

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