On 5/5/07, Michael Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm... sorry newbie here. So it's returning null because "this", the > _preloader, hasn't actually been instantiated yet? But if this were called > after applicationComplete then it would be fine?
It's null because the application has not been added to the display list (so indirectly your component is not on the display list either -- yet). After "applicationComplete" stage should be non-null for your object.
