Nested Shapes vs. Nested Sprites in AS 3.0

[clemcrock]

Hello,
I'm trying to learn Actionscript 3.0 from the ground up. I am trying to figure out why I can't create nested shape objects in the manner that's demonstrated below w/ Sprite objects.

var container:Shape = new Shape();


When I change the below from a Sprite to a Shape I get this error:

1061: Call to a possibly undefined method addChild through a reference with static type flash.display:Shape.

 

[clemcrock]

Nested Shapes vs. Nested Sprites in AS 3.0

Hello,
I'm trying to learn Actionscript 3.0 from the ground up. I am trying to figure out why I can't create nested shape objects in the manner that's demonstrated below w/ Sprite objects.

var container:Shape = new Shape();


When I change the below from a Sprite to a Shape I get this error:

1061: Call to a possibly undefined method addChild through a reference with static type flash.display:Shape.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

var sp:Sprite = new Sprite();
var s:Shape = new Shape();
sp.addChild(s);
trace(sp.getChildAt(0));

Output
[tt][object Shape][/tt]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk