In flex, container children must be iuicomponents. Use uitextfield
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lee Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 8:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Add textfield error Hello all, I have a application to in creationComplete event to execute a function called initApp(); This is initApp().. import flash.text.TextField; public var mtTXT:TextField; public function initApp():void{ myTXT = new TextField(); myTXT.x = 343; myTXT.y = 10; myTXT.width = 196; myTXT.height = 300; myTXT.wordWrap = true; myTXT.border = true; myTXT.multiline =true; ! addChild(myTXT); } It compiles ok, but when it runs, it says TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.text::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.core.IUIComponent. at mx.core::Container/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::addingChi ld() But that TextField is inherited from DisplayObject which suppose to be abled to used within addChild() function. Any thoughts. Thanks. ________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http:/mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62 sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ%20>
