How to Access Custom Event using AS3?

Question

Hi All,
Maybe it's that its Monday morning and my brain is still foggy, but I can't seem to figure out how to set custom events using AS3.
I have a custom GridRow itemRenderer, and have declared the event using the appropriate metatags.
Then I create the GR item dynamically using AS3 instantiation, but the event is not available for selection in the intellisense drop-down.
Let's take the following as an example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Grid
     xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
     xmlns:renderers="com.brassworks.renderers.*"
     creationComplete="componentInit();"
>
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               private function componentInit():void
                    newRow     :MyRow     = new MyRow();
                    //newRow.myEvent is not an available option to set
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
</mx:Grid>
Then the itemRenderer:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GridRow
     xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
     xmlns:classes="com.brassworks.components.classes.*"
     creationComplete="componentInit();"
>
     <mx:Metadata>
          [Event(name="myEvent", type="flash.events.Event")]
     </mx:Metadata>
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               private function itemChanged(event:Event):void
               Alert.show("test");
               this.dispatchEvent(new Event("myEvent"));
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
     <mx:GridItem>
          <mx:TextInput
               change="itemChanged"
          />
     </mx:GridItem>
</GridRow>
How do I go about setting the handler method for custom events on instantiated items? Do I need to do this via the AddEventListener() method? Does this mean that events aren't exposed in ActionScript like they are in MXML? (In MXML all I have to do is <MyRow myEvent="handler(event)" />.)
Thanks!
-Mike

Answer 1

Yes, I you need to do this via the addEventListener() method.
myRow.addEventListener( "myEvent", myHandler );
I hope that helps.
Ben Edwards