Mark:
Instantiate a new UIComponent then try:
import mx.controls.UIComponent;
...
var myComponent:UIComponent = new UIComponent();
(blah blah blah - Your code here then don't forget to add that
component to the display list)
addChild(myComponent);
This should fix your problem, hope this helps,
Patrick
Mark Piller wrote:
>
> I am experiencing a difficulting adding a Bitmap to a container using
> the addChild() method. The error i get is:
>
> TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> flash.display::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.core.IUIComponent.
>
> The error actually makes sense since flash.display.Bitmap does not
> implement IUIComponent, which aparently is required, since the doc for
> mx.core.Container.addChild says:
>
> "Note: While the child argument to the method is specified as of type
> DisplayObject, the argument must implement the IUIComponent interface
> to be added as a child of a container. All Flex components implement
> this interface."
>
> However, the documentation for the Bitmap class states the following:
>
> "The Bitmap() constructor allows you to create a Bitmap object that
> contains a reference to a BitmapData object. After you create a Bitmap
> object, use the addChild() or addChildAt() method of the parent
> DisplayObjectContainer instance to place the bitmap on the display list."
>
> Anyone has any idea what's going on with this? Is the documentation
> incorrect? Has anyone been able to add Bitmap to the display list?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
