Migrating from AS2 to AS3 - AttachMovie vs. AddChild

[grande]

Hi guys, I've been having a bit of a problem upgrading from AS2 to AS3. I used to have this line:

var si:MovieClip = searchField.attachMovie("toc_item", "ti"+pg, searchField.getNextHighestDepth(), ({x:40+c*285, y:r*150+90}));

I tried changing it to

var si:MovieClip = searchField.addChild(toc_item);

but this gives me an error saying "1118: Implicit coercion of a value with static type flash.displayisplayObject to a possibly unrelated type flash.display:MovieClip."

How can I attach a library object to my field?

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Matt Grande
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[kennethkawamoto]

Your Library item needs to be a Class - although you don't have to actually write the Class if not needed.

var si:MovieClip = new TocItem();
searchField.addChild(si);

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk