This is just a simple example to show the problem. The actual usage is
because I am doing some more complex effects and I'd like the ability
to nest composite effects, but I get the same error in both cases.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Manish Jethani"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Just curious, why are you putting a parallel inside of another
> parallel? Why the extra nesting?
>
> On 4/25/07, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm trying to do something that I would consider pretty basic and
> > reading the docs it says this should be supported. I created a simple
> > test case to show the problem:
> >
> > obj = new Button();
> > var p1:Parallel = new Parallel();
> > var p2:Parallel = new Parallel();
> > var r1:Rotate = new Rotate();
> > r1.angleFrom = 0;
> > r1.angleTo = 360;
> > r1.duration = 500;
> > p2.addChild(r1);
> > p1.addChild(p2);
> > obj.setStyle('hideEffect', p1);
> >
> > This is the error it throws when I try to hide the button:
> > TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
> > object reference.
> > at mx.effects::EffectInstance/initEffect()
> > at mx.effects.effectClasses::CompositeEffectInstance/initEffect()
> > at mx.effects.effectClasses::CompositeEffectInstance/initEffect()
> > at mx.effects::Effect/createInstance()
> > at mx.effects::CompositeEffect/createInstance()
> > at mx.effects::CompositeEffect/createInstances()
> > at mx.effects::Effect/play()
> > at mx.effects::EffectManager$/::createAndPlayEffect()
> > at
> >
mx.effects::EffectManager$/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::eventHandler()
> > at
> >
flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEventFunction()
> > at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
> > at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()
> > at mx.core::UIComponent/setVisible()
> > at mx.core::UIComponent/set visible()
> > at jseamless/::translateSetComponentProperty()
> > at jseamless/::translate()
> > at jseamless/::processServerMessage()
> > at jseamless/::processInputStream()
> > at jseamless/::incomingData()
> >
> > Everything works fine as long as I only have one CompositeEffect and
> > standard Effect children, but any time I try to nest a CompositeEffect
> > within a CompositeEffect this happens.
> >
> > Accordion to this: "You can nest <mx:Parallel> and <mx:Sequence> tags
> > inside each other. For example, two effects can run in parallel,
> > followed by a third effect running in sequence." (referenced from
> >
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Book_Parts&file=behaviors_068_18.html)
> > it is valid to have CompositeEffects nested within each other.
> >
> > Perhaps I'm doing something wrong here?
> >
> >
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