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> -----Original Message----- > Can anyone see the error in this setup? > > //drawTest.mxml file: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml > <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " layout="absolute" > applicationComplete="init()" backgroundColor="0xFFFFFF"> > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import src.DrawBitmap; > private function init():void > { > var spiral:DrawBitmap = new DrawBitmap(myCanvas); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > <mx:Canvas id="myCanvas" x="10" y="10" width="774" > height="463" borderColor="0xD4001A" borderStyle="solid"/> > </mx:Application> > > > // DrawBitmap.as class: > > package src > { > import mx.containers.Canvas; > import flash.display.BitmapData; > import flash.display.Bitmap; > import flash.geom.Rectangle; > > public class DrawBitmap > { > private var _canvas:Canvas; > private var _bitmap:Bitmap; > private var _imgData:BitmapData; > > public function DrawBitmap(canvas:Canvas):void > { > _canvas = canvas; > _imgData = new BitmapData(20, 20, false, 0xFF00FF00); > _imgData.fillRect(new Rectangle(5, 5, 10, 10), 0xFF0000FF); > _bitmap = new Bitmap(_imgData); > _canvas.addChild(_bitmap); //Produces error > } > > } > } > > At runtime, I get this error in the debugger: > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert > flash.display::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.core.IUIComponent. > at > mx.core::Container/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal: > :addingChild()[C:\dev\GMC\sdk\frameworks\mx\core\Container.as:3303] > > Seems to appear on the last line of the DrawBitmap class when > I do _canvas.addChild(_bitmap). That seems legal to me - add > a bitmap display object to a canvas display object. No? > What am I missing? If that's not legal, then how to add my > bitmap object to the canvas? > > Thanks, > > > Jason Merrill > Bank of America > L&LD GT&O > eTools & Multimedia Research & Development > > >
