Delay?

1

In the flash IDE I have the following code. t1obj is an object with some font-related properties:

var title1 = new Paragraph(t1obj);
addChild(title1);
trace("title1.HEIGHT = " + title1.HEIGHT);

My Paragraph class assigns an integer value to its public var HEIGHT by calling a function, but apparently that takes a little while because my trace always returns 0.

If I add this:


stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, getHEIGHT);
function getHEIGHT(e:Event):void {
	if (title1.HEIGHT > 0) {
		stage.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, foobar);
		trace("title1.HEIGHT = " + title1.HEIGHT);
	}
}

…my trace gives me the correct number.

But I’m thinking there’s a much more elegant way to wait for HEIGHT to get its value before firing the trace. What would that be??