[flexcoders] Problem with dispatching custom event from pop up window

[j301c]

I have a custom event that holds an array element.  When I dispatch an 
event from a pop up window - by dispatching it from the 
mx.core.Application.application object - with data assigned to the 
array the event fires correctly, however, the data array element is no 
longer assigned any data.  Also the event object still has the 
data:Array property, so the program recognizes it as my custom event, 
it just does not have any data anymore.  Why is this?