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Jamie Kudla
Jamie Kudla

Reputation: 872

AS3---TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference

Flash is giving me this error after I click a button to go to another frame. After I get the error, some buttons do not go to its destination and instead it just does nothing.

The error is as follows:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
    at wmhssports_fla::MainTimeline/frame39()

Here is the code for frame 39:

stop();

winter_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick1);
function buttonClick1(event:MouseEvent):void{
gotoAndPlay(39);
};

spring_btn_boys.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick10);
function buttonClick10(event:MouseEvent):void{
gotoAndPlay(114);
};

fall_btn_boys.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick11);
function buttonClick11(event:MouseEvent):void{
gotoAndPlay(135);
};

Upvotes: 0

Views: 37409

Answers (3)

Taurayi
Taurayi

Reputation: 3207

I took a look at your flash movie/application and the following is the solution to your problem:

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The above image is a screenshot of the timeline of your flash movie/application. It's at frame 39 that you recieve the error "TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at wmhssports_fla::MainTimeline/frame39()". You recieve this because at that point the instance, spring_btn_girls, of your spring_btn button is null. To solve this give the instance of your spring_btn button the instance name "spring_btn_girls" on frame 34.

Upvotes: 3

Myk
Myk

Reputation: 6215

You can actually set it up so it'll tell you what line of code is throwing the error. Here's a blog post I wrote on the subject: http://mykola.bilokonsky.net/2010/08/get-line-numbers-on-runtime-errors-in-flash/

Good luck!

Upvotes: 0

user1385191
user1385191

Reputation:

One of the buttons you're linking to either doesn't exist (typo of instance name?) or isn't on the frame you're coding on.

As John said, try trace(winter_btn, spring_btn, fall_btn);. The one that returns null is the one that you want to rectify.

Upvotes: 0

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