setOptions ignores me

System

This one is driving me nuts --

I have a DCT which populates a drop-down list via a callServer. This callServer returns a list of 4 items that populate the drop-down list. However, about 50% of the time, the options are NOT set. When I do an alert to tell me parent.getScriptFrame().IWDatacapture.getItem("/root/Meetings/EventSubType").getOptions().length, it tells me 4 every single time, which is wrong half of the time.

What gives?

Below is the JS code in my callServer:

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var options = new Array();
option[0] = new Option("Annual Executive Retreat","retreat",false,false);
option[1] = new Option("Charter Advisory Meeting","advisory",false,false);
option[2] = new Option("IT Executive Briefing","briefing",false,false);
option[3] = new Option("Member-hosted Forum","forum",false,false);
parent.getScriptFrame().IWDatacapture.getItem("/root/Meetings/EventSubType").setOptions(options);
parent.getScriptFrame().IWDatacapture.getItem("/root/Meetings/EventSubType").setReadOnly(false);

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So, why would I consistently get inconsistency?

Dave