Use addChild to create a text field but cannot get its height

Hi,
I am using addChild to dynamically creat text components
Text() . But I when I access its height property, it is always 0
even though the text is wrapped around. Has any one seen similar
things and have a solution?
Thanks!

If I call the method that check the height of the newly
created text objects in a button (i.e., click=""), it works. So it
maybe a timing issue: should wait for the creation of the children
to be all done?
So, how do I add a even handler to check the finish of each
addition the text object?
Thanks!

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