[flexcoders] Flex woes, wo-iz-o, i hate it (sometimes)

[djhatrick]

I am having one of those days where i want to throw this computer off
the 30th floor of midtown Manhattan onto a taxi-cab's hood, and leave
for the day never come back.

This is the problem, I can't get, "getDefinitionByName" to work right,
what a load of horse pucky... Sorry for being so salty, but if you are
a developer and you have tried to use this function, it must have
given you the same type of error, if it hasn't it will...

I've tried classes with variables and public classes and the whole
nine-yards, it always gives me this stupid error.  

Any suggestions, that don't require me to lose life or limb?

Thanks,
Patrick

import mx.containers.VBox;
                        import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
                        private function init():void
                        {
                        var ClassReference:Class =
getDefinitionByName("mx.containers.VBox") as Class; // throws error

                        //var ClassReference:Class =
getDefinitionByName("flash.display.Sprite") as Class; // works
            var instance:Object = new ClassReference();
          
           // addChild(DisplayObject(instance));
                        }

ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable VBox is not defined.
        at global/flash.utils::getDefinitionByName()
        at TotalBullshitIHavetodoThisTest/init()