Adding Elements to Arrays - elements lost

[Henamot]

I’m having problems adding elements to arrays but for some reason the array looses the elements when the function that adds the new elements goes out of scope (I’m coming from a c# and VB background so excuse some terminology).

For example I have the following class:

class Classes. Data_Store
{
	var dataStore:Object = new Object();
	function Data_Store() 
	{
		//Constructor
	}
	//*******************
	//New DataStore
	//*******************
	function newDataStore() 
	{
		dataStore.DataStore = new Object();
		dataStore.DataStore.dataRow = new Array();
	}
}

In another class I have the following class that contains code that use the Data_Store and the newDataStore function within it to populate an array and then add a new element to the original array – Computer say no when I try access the new element of the array by returning “undefined”:

Class Classes.Use_DataStore
{
	function Use_DataStore()
	{
		//Constructor
	}
	
	Function loadData(recordID)
	{
		var myService:Service = new Service(_level0.serverType, null, _level0.cfComponentPath, null, null);
		var pc:PendingCall = myService.loadData({recordID});
		pc.responder = new RelayResponder(this, “loadData_Result”, “loadData_Error”);
	}
	
	Function loadData_Result(res:ResultEvent)
	{
		// Create new data store object
		_root.Data_Store.newDataStore();

		// Load data into dataStore array – code omitted as not relevant 
		
		// Add new elements to array
		addElementsToArray();

		// Loop through array hopefully with new element attached
		for (var prop in _root.Data_Store.dataStore.dataRow
	}

	function loadData_Error()
	{
		_level0.Message.drawInfo(“loadData_Error”);
	}
	
	function addElementsToArray()
	{
		for (var i = 0; i < _root.Data_Store.dataStore.DataStore.dataRow.length; i++)
		{
			_root.Data_Store.dataStore.DataStore.dataRow.myNewElement = “Element” + i;
		}
	}
}