Thanks for the information, especially about the loader being added to the display list.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Loading Flex into Flash is not guaranteed to work, especially if fl.* > components are involved. Flex expects to have access to the stage and > makes other assumptions. Any loader loading a Flex app must be added to > the display list before calling load(). > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:24 PM > To: flex > Subject: [flexcoders] Load Flex SWF into Flash - Error Msg > > > > Hello All --- > > I am just moving into Flex 3 from Flash CS3/AS3 and am trying to import > a Flex compiled SWF into Flash. I followed this tutorial, which seems to > work well: > > http://seeing-is-believing.blogspot.com/2007/11/flex-components-in-flash > -example-with.html > <http://seeing-is-believing.blogspot.com/2007/11/flex-components-in-flas > h-example-with.html> > > If I put the code on a frame in Flash, not using any custom document > class everything works fine. However, when I try and load the Flex SWF > into my Flash Document class via a custom class loading file which > basically implements the prior referenced code, I get the following > error: > > TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null > object reference. > at mx.managers::LayoutManager/set > usePhasedInstantiation()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\ > mx\managers\LayoutManager.as:325] > at > mx.core::Application()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx > \core\Application.as:274] > at CDForm()[C:\TriggerFish FLEX\src\CDForm.mxml:0] > at _CDForm_mx_managers_SystemManager/create() > at > mx.managers::SystemManager/initializeTopLevelWindow()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frame > works\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\SystemManager.as:2438] > at mx.managers::SystemManager/http://www.a! > dobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::docFrameHandler()[E:\dev\3.0.x\framework > s\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\SystemManager.as:2330 > <http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::docFrameHandler%28%29%5BE:% > 5Cdev%5C3.0.x%5Cframeworks%5Cprojects%5Cframework%5Csrc%5Cmx%5Cmanagers% > 5CSystemManager.as:2330> ] > > Any insight into why I am getting this error: > > Thanks for any and all replies. >