I am also a victim! This bug was first reported 6 months ago and it is still there. It is marked as deferred, but deferred doesn't mean forgot, Adobe. Please do something about it, I don't wish other people losing one day like I did over an old bug (and which seem simple to correct).
Benjamin. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Rico Leuthold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yep ... most likely you stumbled over this bug ... > > https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDMV-1695 > > Use the workaround with not setting initially ... works for me ... > > > > On 02.04.2008, at 17:40, adtrantravis wrote: > > When adding a chart to a canvas component, sometimes I recieve the > > following error. The "parent" value of the ChartLabel is null, and > > that causes the error stated below. > > > > Anyone had a similar experience? > > > > TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null > > object reference. > > at mx.charts.chartClasses::ChartLabel/updateDisplayList() > > [C:\Work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\charts\ > > chartClasses\ChartLabel.as:262] > > at mx.core::UIComponent/validateDisplayList() > > [E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as > > :6214] > > at mx.managers::LayoutManager/validateDisplayList() > > [E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\LayoutMana > > ger.as:602] > > at mx.managers::LayoutManager/doPhasedInstantiation() > > [E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\LayoutMana > > ger.as:657] > > at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply() > > at mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher2() > > [E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as > > :8460] > > at mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher() > > [E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as > > :8403] > > > > > > >