"There are instances of the fence object on the stage already, so I figure I shouldn't need to do addchilds if their already on the stage."
Timeline is handled differently. Document class wraps what was added on timeline (code and objects) at authoring before constructor is called. Thus, because event listener is added AFTER fence was added to display list - it, naturally, is not dispatched/heard, again, because addition to stage has occurred earlier.
To check it out, given that
1. instance of Fence is called fence
2. Fence writes trace("ping"); in added to stage event listener
The code:
public function Main () {
trace("Main constructor's first line");
trace("fence =", fence);
trace("Number of children =", this.numChildren);
}
traces:
ping
Main constructor's first line
fence = [object Fence]
Number of children = 1
Traces demonstrate the sequence of events in the context of document class vs timeline, most notably that Fence instantiation and addition to display list occurred before Main constructor was called - hence it is available as both instance and child.
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