[RESOLVED] Reference Error #1069

[narkeeso]

Hello all,

I'm trying to control the main timeline through a child movie clip and get this error when I click on the targeted movie clip:

ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property MovieClip not found on flash.text.TextField and there is no default value.
at michael.gui::MenuButton/onClick()

This is the part of the code that is giving me problems:

evt.target.MovieClip(root).gotoAndStop(menuText.text);

I've posted the entire class here:

package michael.gui {
	
	import flash.display.*;
	import flash.text.*;
	import gs.TweenMax;
	import gs.easing.*
	import flash.events.*;
	
	public class MenuButton extends MovieClip {
		
		public function MenuButton(labl:String) {
			menuText.text = labl;
			animMenu();
			addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick, false, 0, true);
		}
		
		private function animMenu():void {
			TweenMax.to(this, 1, {x:350, ease: Back.easeInOut});
		}
		
		private function onClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {
			evt.target.MovieClip(root).gotoAndStop(menuText.text);
			trace(menuText.text);
		}
	}
}

Any help, tips, or suggestions would be great. Thanks...

[dotSTAR]

off the top of my head, i think your issue is you are trying to typecast root as a movieclip in the middle of a displayobject list hierarchy. im not testing this, but try for example

MovieClip(root).gotoAndStop(menuText.text);

you shouldnt event need to include evt.target, if your button is sitting somewhere in your FLA file, even if its dynamically created, "root" refers to the stage

[narkeeso]

This worked perfectly and thanks for the explanation. The display list is intimidating!