Seems like you're hitting a timing issue. Effects during a busy period like creation time can be slightly skewed. Make sure the effect targets are in fact created and ready.
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of grimmwerks Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:17 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] type 1009 because of zoominstance? 2 different machines are now throwing this error that hadn't before; TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at mx.effects.effectClasses::ZoomInstance/play() at mx.effects::EffectInstance/startEffect() at mx.effects.effectClasses::ParallelInstance/play() at mx.effects::EffectInstance/startEffect() at mx.effects::Effect/play() at mx.core::UIComponent/::commitCurrentState() at mx.core::UIComponent/::creationCompleteHandler() at flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEven tFunction! () at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent() at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent() at mx.core::UIComponent/set initialized() at mx.managers::LayoutManager/::doPhasedInstantiation() at mx.managers::LayoutManager/validateNow() at mx.core::UIComponent/::commitCurrentState() at mx.core::UIComponent/::creationCompleteHandler() at flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEven tFunction() at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent() ! ! at mx.co re::UIComponent/dispatchEvent() at mx.core::UIComponent/set initialized() at mx.managers::LayoutManager/::doPhasedInstantiation() at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply( <http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply(> ) at mx.core::UIComponent/::callLaterDispatcher2() at mx.core::UIComponent/::callLaterDispatcher() One machine still can't get the flash player installed properly.
