flash actionscript: Does anyone know why this works:

private function filterListener(evt:Object):Void {
dsFiles.filterFunc = function(item:Object):Boolean {
return (item.cname == "TestClientB");
}
}

But this does not: ?????

private function filterListener(evt:Object):Void {
clientListSel = "TestClientB";
dsFiles.filterFunc = function(item:Object):Boolean {
return (item.cname == clientListSel);
}
}

Try this....

It was a scoping issue. The FilterFunc was unable to receive the class
variable.

This is how I fixed/hacked it.

private function resultFileAction(evt_obj:Object):Void {
var redundantVariable = classVariable;
dsFiles.filtered = true;
dsFiles.filterFunc = function(item:Object):Boolean {
return(item.cname == redundantVariable);
}
}