[AS3] Super Simple Custom Component in CS4

In AS2, you could simply add a component definition to a clip in the library, then add a variable, and it would be instantly accessible from within that clip. In AS3, this doesn't work.

I have a variable myNum in the component definition, but my class file can't get to it. I added an ADDED_TO_STAGE listener thinking that maybe it couldn't get to the variable because it wasn't declared yet, but still no dice. And if I don't put var myNum:Number; I get an error. So I'm likely just overwriting the myNum in the component inspector with the myNum in the class definition.

I looked at the Adobe Tutorial on Creating ActionScript 3.0 Components, but if there is a simple solution in the many pages there I can't seem to find it.

Any ideas? All I need to do is access a single variable that is defined via the component inspector.

Code:

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package {

        import flash.display.MovieClip;
        import flash.events.Event;

        public class Component extends MovieClip {

                public var myNum:Number;

                public function Component() {
                        trace(this.myNum);
                        addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, onAddedToStage);
                }
               
                private function onAddedToStage(event:Event):void{
                        trace(this.myNum);
                        removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, onAddedToStage);
                }

        }
       
}

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First of all you need to declare your variable in a different way. here is an example:
[Inspectable(name = "myBlur",type = int,defaultValue = 0)]
public function set myBlur (mb:int):void
{
_myBlur = mb;
}
public function get myBlur ():int
{
return _myBlur;
}

Thanks so much! This works great!

Code:

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package {

        import flash.display.MovieClip;

        [Inspectable(name = "myNum",type = uint,defaultValue = 0)]

        public class Component extends MovieClip {

                private var _myNum:uint;

                public function Component() {
                        trace(myNum);
                        _myNum = myNum;
                        trace(_myNum);
                }

                public function set myNum(num:uint):void {
                        _myNum = num;
                }
               
                public function get myNum():uint {
                        return _myNum;
                }

        }

}

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Note to others if using this for reference: You may need to use int, Number, String... instead of uint for your purposes.