[RESOLVED] TypeError: Error #1009 When adding custom class to stage

[wrathgrapes]

Hey all,

I have extended a RadioButton into a custom class in order to store some extra info. I want to dynamically add these RadioButtons to the stage to create a dynamic menu box. So I started simple in order to make sure I knew how to do this.

Here's the error (I love Flash IDE error reporting):

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
	at fl.controls::RadioButton/drawLayout()
	at fl.controls::LabelButton/draw()
	at fl.controls::RadioButton/draw()
	at fl.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher()

Here's the code:

MuscleMenuRadioButton class

package com.gs.muscleman
{
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import fl.controls.RadioButton;
    import flash.events.Event;
    
    public dynamic class MuscleMenuRadioButton extends RadioButton{
        private var findingNumber:String = new String();
        
        public function MuscleMenuRadioButton(_labeler:String, _findingNumber:String){
            super();
            this.label = _labeler;
            this.findingNumber = _findingNumber;            
        }
        
        public function getFindingNumber():String{
            return this.findingNumber;
        }
    }
} 

And my actionscript on first frame of movie:

import com.gs.muscleman.MuscleMenuRadioButton;

var Abutton:MuscleMenuRadioButton = new MuscleMenuRadioButton("A Button","F-34939");
stage.addChild(Abutton);

Abutton.x = 50;
Abutton.y = 100; 

Does anyone see what is going on here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Wrathgrapes

[deadlock32]

have you tried is as a non-dynamic class?

also try getting rid of the constructing params, and add those in on the next line, (make them setters/getters) so:

var Abutton:MuscleMenuRadioButton = new MuscleMenuRadioButton();
Abutton.label = "A Buton";
Abutton.findingNumber = "F-34939";
stage.addChild(Abutton);

It might be because you are attemting to access 'label' from radiobutton class too early.

[wrathgrapes]

I tried that and it didn't work...

While debugging I found that the properties label and findingNumber were being set before the drawLayout was called. So I tried something simpler:

import fl.controls.RadioButton;

var Rbutton:RadioButton = new RadioButton();
Rbutton.label = "Radio Button";

stage.addChild(Rbutton);

Rbutton.x = 50;
Rbutton.y = 100; 

And amazingly...

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
	at fl.controls::RadioButton/drawLayout()[C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\en\Configuration\Component Source\ActionScript 3.0\User Interface\fl\controls\RadioButton.as:356]
	at fl.controls::LabelButton/draw()[C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\en\Configuration\Component Source\ActionScript 3.0\User Interface\fl\controls\LabelButton.as:607]
	at fl.controls::RadioButton/draw()[C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\en\Configuration\Component Source\ActionScript 3.0\User Interface\fl\controls\RadioButton.as:506]
	at fl.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher()[C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\en\Configuration\Component Source\ActionScript 3.0\User Interface\fl\core\UIComponent.as:1379]

Still the same error. There is something fundamental I am doing wrong here and I can't figure it out... Does anyone have any other Ideas?

[wrathgrapes]

Ok, so I figured this one out and... drumroll plz:

I never added the component to the library. Works fine now.

Thanks for offering your help though.