Finding bounds of a component

When I programmatically create a new component and then call getBounds() on it, I find that the result in not accurate, for instance (this is in the constructor of a class that extends Sprite):


mButton     = new Button();
addChild(mButton);
            
var buttonBounds:Rectangle = mButton.getBounds(this);
trace(buttonBounds.toString());

The result is (x=0, y=0, w=100, h=100), h being an incorrect value.

If I create an enterFrame handler and measure the bounds in this, I find it is only in the second execution of enterFrame, that the correct dimensions of the component are reported.

My questions are:

  1. Can I always rely on the second execution of enterFrame after the creation of a component to measure its bounds?

  2. Is there a better way to determine when a newly-created component is ready to have its bounds measured? (e.g. an event that is fired once only after the component is ready)

Thanks
Andy