Xmlui object doesnt seem to work properly. What am I doing wrong?

Question

Hi,
I created a javascript which loads up an UI in Flash. I would like to make a dropdown menu or a list, with a variable set of members. The items this dropdown list should depend on the selection made in another dropdown list.
I can call functions in the ui on create and when the focus was changed, but I cannot edit the control elements in the ui because I can't get the fl.xmlui.getControlElement method to work as described in the API:
To reproduce this I created the following XML exampleUI.xml:
<dialog title="testDlg!" buttons="accept, cancel">
    <script>
        function fillList(){
            var elem = new Object();
            elem = fl.xmlui.getControlItemElement("menuItem0");
            fl.trace("menuItem0 label = " + elem.label + " value = " + elem.value);
            var elem = new Object();
            elem = fl.xmlui.getControlItemElement("testList");
            fl.trace("testList label = " + elem.label + " value = " + elem.value);
            var elem = new Object();
            elem = fl.xmlui.getControlItemElement("testLabel");
            fl.trace("testLabel label = " + elem.label + " value = " + elem.value);
            var a = fl.xmlui.get("testLabel");
            var b = fl.xmlui.get("menuItem0");
            var c = fl.xmlui.get("testList");
            fl.trace("testLabel = " + a + " menuItem0 = " + b + " testList = " + c);
    </script>
    <grid>
        <columns>
            <column />
            <column />
            <column />
        </columns>
        <rows>
            <row align="center">
                <menulist id="testList" control="testlist" label="bla" editable="true" oncreate="fillList()">
                    <menupopup>
                        <menuitem id="menuItem0" label="herp" value="derp"/>
                    </menupopup>
                </menulist>
                <textbox id="testLabel" value="John"/>
            </row>
        </rows>
    </grid>
</dialog>
and the following javascript exampleJS.jsfl:
var xmlUi = fl.getDocumentDOM().xmlPanel(fl.scriptURI + "/../exampleUI.xml");
If I execute exampleJS
the ui is started and the callback oncreate of the menulist is launched. This is the output of the fillList() function:
menuItem0 label =  value =
testList label =  value =
testLabel label =  value =
testLabel = John menuItem0 = undefined testList =
I would have expected something like this:
menuItem0 label = herp  value = derp
testList label = bla value = derp//currently selected item
testLabel label = testLabel value = John
testLabel = John menuItem0 = derp testList = derp/*currently selected item*/
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I would be very grateful for any kind of clue.
cheers,
Martin

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