ActionScript 3.0 :: Nested MovieClips And GotoAndStop Function?
Feb 26, 2010
I have a movieclip "squareA" -- inside of squareA, on frame 2 is a movieclip called "squareB". I tried the following code:
Actionscript Code:
squareA.x = 10squareA.y = 10squareA.gotoAndStop(2)squareA.squareB.x = 10squareA.squareB.y = 10
But I get the following error:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at problem_fla::MainTimeline/problem_fla::frame1()
If I put SquareB in frame 1 of SquareA -- it works.
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