That error is often caused by attempting to initialize a complex variable outside of a function. This is because of the way mxml files are generated into classes.
Declare the circle variable in instance scope as you have, but do the initialization in a function called by creationComplete. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of brad.bueche Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 4:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] var circle:Sprite = new Sprite(); Not working I'm at a loss here. I copied this code straight off the adobe site: http://livedocs. <http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=05_Display_Programm ing_29.html> adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=05_Display_Programming_29.html And copied it write into a new mxml project (below) and Flex is throwing 1120 erorrs saying "circle is undefined". How can that be? ****************************************************************** <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe. <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.events.Event; import flash.events.MouseEvent; var circle:Sprite = new Sprite(); circle.graphics.beginFill(0x990000); circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50); circle.graphics.endFill(); addChild(circle); function fadeCircle(event:Event):void{ circle.alpha -= .05; if (circle.alpha <= 0){ circle.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle); } } function startAnimation(event:MouseEvent):void{ circle.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle); } circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startAnimation); ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Application>
