it means that the ball is not a IUIcomponenet which it is required for it to be added on stage, show me a bit of the ball class code so i can know
----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:38:26 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] addchild OK thanks. Now when I try to use addChild, I get this error. What does it mean ? myball=new Ball; addChild(myball) ; TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert com.oreilly. programmingflex. states::Ball@ 5787299 to mx.core.IUIComponen t. at mx.core::Container/http://www.adobe. com/2006/ flex/mx/internal ::addingChild() at mx.core::Container/ addChildAt( ) at mx.core::Container/ addChild( ) at Main/::initializeHa ndler() at Main/___Application 1_initialize( ) at flash.events: :EventDispatcher /flash.events: EventDispatcher: :dispatchEventFu nction() at flash.events: :EventDispatcher /dispatchEvent( ) at mx.core::UIComponen t/dispatchEvent( ) at mx.core::UIComponen t/set processedDescriptor s() at mx.core::Container/ createComponents FromDescriptors( ) Sherif Abdou wrote: > addChild not addchild > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] org> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:03:15 PM > Subject: [flexcoders] addchild > > I have a ball class. I can make a ball. How do I add it to the stage ? > > I have seem plenty of examples, and they use addchild. > Every time I try to use addchild, I get this error: > Error: Call to a possibly undefined method addChild. > > or if I try to attach it to an existing element > such as <mx:VBox id="vbox"> > vbox.addchild( ball); > I get :Error: Access of undefined property vbox. > > So what can I put addchild on ? > > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > <http://us.rd. yahoo.com/ evt=51438/ *http://www. yahoo.com/ r/hs> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
