[flexcoders] Dynamic context menu item

[Greg Groves]

I'm trying to create a dynamic item in a context menu, and I'm having
a weird problem. The code:

var node:XML = XML(lastTreeItem.itemRenderer.data);
var hideOrShow:ContextMenuItem;
if ([EMAIL PROTECTED] == null || [EMAIL PROTECTED] == "" || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
== "false")
  hideOrShow = new ContextMenuItem("Hide");
else
  hideOrShow = new ContextMenuItem("Show");
hideOrShow.addEventListener(ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT,
hideOrShowSelected);
treeMenu.customItems.push(hideOrShow);
Debug.show(treeMenu);

The item does not show in the menu. However, if I code it explicitly:

var hideOrShow:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Hide");
hideOrShow.addEventListener(ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT,
hideOrShowSelected);
treeMenu.customItems.push(hideOrShow);

it works.

It actually does seem to be there, according to Debug's output:

(flash.ui::ContextMenu)#0
  builtInItems = (flash.ui::ContextMenuBuiltInItems)#1
    forwardAndBack = false
    loop = false
    play = false
    print = false
    quality = false
    rewind = false
    save = false
    zoom = false
  customItems = (Array)#2
    [0] (flash.ui::ContextMenuItem)#3
      caption = "Show"
      enabled = true
      separatorBefore = false
      visible = true

SDK bug? Or am I missing something? I found some other examples of
dynamic context menus by Googing, but I don't see any differences
between their code and mine.

thanks,

Greg