Hello?! If the code you're prsenting is what you're doing, you're still doing the same thing. You need to import mx.controls.Button and add THAT, NOT flash.display.SimpleButton.
new SimpleButton() gives you an instance of SimpleButton not an instance of Button. Button will work with addChild, but SimpleButton will not. I think you need to spend a little time studying the inheritance heirarchy of Flex vs. Flash. You are trying to unsucessfully co-mingle them. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:10 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Simple SimpleButton 2nd try Thanks for your reply I tried that and I get the same error TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.core.IUIComponent. <?xml version="1.0"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; creationComplete="onComplete()"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.controls.Button public function onComplete():void { var newButton:SimpleButton = new SimpleButton(); this.addChild(newButton); } ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Application> Battershall, Jeff wrote: > > I think you want to add mx.controls.Button which inherits from > UIComponent vs. flash.display.SimpleButton, which does not. You're > kinda confusing the Flex framework with the Flash Player API. > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:info1%40reenie.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:45 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] Simple SimpleButton 2nd try > > Please ignore the first post, this has a correction > > How do I add the button to the application? > addChild does not seem to be available > this->addChild( > > newButton); and addChild(newButton) both produce > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert > flash.display::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.core.IUIComponent. > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml > <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> > <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml>>" > creationComplete="onComplete()"> > <mx:Script> <
