AS3 - Object class - "Access of undefined property"

[Leozack]

Short of naming lots of variables with prefixes for what section of my config they belong to, I thought I'd make a custom object for each section and assign the properties to them. However - no matter what I do, writing AS3 in FlashDevelop, when I compile I get the access of undefined property error if I try to use any objects! I've tried every example I find online and they all fail! eg

var car:Object = new Object();
car.name = "A car";

or

public var Settings:Object;
Settings = new Object();

or

Settings = { Section1:"" };

or whatever. I'm going mad because this was supposed to be a simple alternative to long variable names, and objects in AS1 were simple to make and get/set properties to. Now I can't even make one ><

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Leozack

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