[flexcoders] loading image with AS and Loader

[ronnlixx]

I'm trying this example from the documentation:

var pictLdr:Loader = new Loader();
var pictURL:String = "banana.jpg"
var pictURLReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(pictURL);
pictLdr.load(pictURLReq);
this.addChild(pictLdr);

I'm trying it in my creationComplete callback and get this error:

cannot coerce the Loader into an IUIComponent.

What am I doing wrong here?