[flexcoders] Re: Events in AS3 gives Compile Error 1119

[foobone9]

> 1.)    I have a customDataGrid object, which has metadata tag: 
[Event(name="menuClick",type="mx.events.MenuEvent")]
> 

Use the string name:

this.mycustomdg.addEventListner("menuClick", handleMenuEvent);

OR 

Create the static string MENU_CLICK somewhere and call it with that.