Comments on: [AS3] Avoiding NULL Object Reference Error When Loading Module SWF

By: Rasmus

Rasmus — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:05:05 +0000

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!! This was killing me – I was thinking about a career change!

By: Murdoch

Murdoch — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:24:14 +0000

This is exactly what I was looking for. It was doing my head in. Another fix is putting all code on the 2nd frame of the loaded SWF but this approach is much more elegant and correct. My Flash IDE approach is below (all code on first frame of loaded SWF):

this.addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init, false, 0, true )
function init(event:Event):void {
trace(MovieClip(this.parent.parent));
// calls to main timeline will now work
}

By: MicL

MicL — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:30:25 +0000

Thanks for this post. Cleared things up for me

By: Alex Angelico

Alex Angelico — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:51:00 +0000

Dear Sunny, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!
I didn’t had a clue how to solve this issue, and your solution is so simple and clear!!!