Re: [Swftools-common] Really basic AS3 question

[Matthias Kramm]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 09:09:36PM +0100, Richard Humphreys <address@hidden> 
wrote:
> First question, how does one add a sprite to the stage using script? I 
> am well aware of how to use '.put ...', but for an arbitrary (and 
> possibly large) number of objects I would naturally use addChild();.

addChild() only works with a class derived from Sprite or MovieClip.
Try wrapping a
    class MyMovie extends flash.display.MovieClip
    {
        ...
    }
around your ActionScript.

Matthias