Send data object with Custom event

programming flash
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I’m still having trouble with custom events and data parameters.

I have a custom event class:

package customEvents
{
    import flash.events.Event;
    
public class Di_Event extends Event
{
    public static const DI_LOAD:String = 'Di_Load';
    
    public var data: Object;
    
    public function Di_Event(type:String, data: Object, bubbles:Boolean=false, cancelable:Boolean=false)
    {
        super(type, bubbles, cancelable);
        
        this.data = data;
    }
    
    override public function clone():Event
    {
        return new Di_Event (type, data, bubbles, cancelable);
    }
    
}
}

I dispatch a new Di_Event with a second parameter that i assume is being passed to the data object in the custom event class.

dispatchEvent(new Di_Event(Di_Event.DI_LOAD, event.currentTarget.name));

I listen for the custom event.

addEventListener(Di_Event.DI_LOAD, di_load);


private function di_load(e:Event){
            
//this does not work!!!
trace(e.data);


        }

how do i get the string data that should be in the data object passed with the event object?
thanks for any help

B