Custom Event Scope Issue?

Question

I think I need I might need to create an Event member for the
Dispatching Object, but am not sure. Any idea what's missing from
the example code below?
Base Class:
import flash.events.*;
private function init():void
_Data = new Data();
_Data.addEventListener(Data.DATA_INIT, dataInit);
private function dataInit(e:Event):void
trace('dataReceived');
Object Class:
import flash.events.*;
public class Data extends EventDispatcher
public static const DATA_INIT:String = "DATA_INIT";
private function someFunction()
dispatchEvent(new Event(Data.DATA_INIT));
}

Answer 1

I am having virtually the same problem with event dispatch. I
know what the problem seems to be (though it makes no sense), but I
don't know of a good workaround.
If events are dispatched from a static class or from the base
class, they never get beyond the target phase, so they are never
propagated out of the scope of the class.
I suppose that you could instantiate a singleton, and
dispatch your events from that using a method call, but that seems
REALLY kludgy. Does anyone know of a better solution?