Re: [flexcoders] Instance variables and functions may not be used to initialize static variables.

Try changing the namespace of your Beta class... it's "possible" it's choking on the "alpha" since it's a property on UIComponent.  *If memory servers* On 7/21/05, alandouglasgray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I have a most puzzling problem (at least to me).I get the followinf error "Instance

[flexcoders] Instance variables and functions may not be used to initialize static variables.

Hi, I have a most puzzling problem (at least to me). I get the followinf error "Instance variables and functions may not be used to initialize static variables." when I try to extend the mx.controls.Label class in an AS file under a package but not when it is at the root. To explain: I have a b