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Hi people.

Whatever I do (seems like) I end up with the following message in Flash CS3:

"ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable is not defined."

I have no clue to what causes it, and therefor I cannot seem to fix it. I've
been trying to look for answers online, but all I got out of that was to
declare my classes as public, which I already had done.

Even a very simple class that runs a trace command from its' constructor
method won't work. It even gives me this message even though I don't have any
variables or trace commands or anything.

This is really annoying, so please help me out :)

A

show the code for your simple class (and the code that instantiates your class) that causes the error.

Some code sample would help - and remember classes must be contained within
packages in CS3.

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Dave -
Head Developer
http://www.yqcomputer.com/
Adobe Community Expert
http://www.yqcomputer.com/

Hi there, and thanks for taking time to help me out.

I have a folder, test, that holds the files "myTest.fla" and "myTest.as" . The
attached code is for myTest.as


In my myTest.fla:
in the document class box i have: myTest. (please note the full stop after the
class name).
Also, I have not done anything to the settings in terms of class path etc...

myTest.as code:



package {
import flash.display.Sprite;

public class myTest extends Sprite {
private var hello:String;

public function myTest() {
hello = "thanks for helping me";
trace(hello);
}
}
}

I removed the full stop after the document class declaration in the FLA and it
worked now!! What a stupid mistake :)
I'm following the Essential Actionscript 3.0 book, and it looks like they want
you to do that...which obviously is not the case. Thanks for taking time to
help me out!

you're welcome.