ActionScript 3 Error #1061: Call to a possibly undefined method addEvent through a reference with static type flash.utils:Timer.

ActionScript 3 Error #1061 Description:
AS3 error 1061 appears when you have misspelled a property or function and have not assigned a value to it. If you haven’t properly typed the Object to begin with you will get AS3 Error 1069. See the examples below. AS3 error 1061 is actually pretty nice to work with because it tells you exactly which method/property didn’t work and it tells you which object it didn’t work on.

Flash / Flex Error 1061 Fix:
Find the object listed in the error and then check the spelling after the dot.

Bad Code 1:

var t:Timer = new Timer(1000, 60);
t.addEvent(TimerEvent.TIMER, Tick);

Good Code 1:

var t:Timer = new Timer(1000, 60);
t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, Tick);

Related ActionScript Error(s):
Flash / Flex Error 1069 – You will get AS3 Error 1069 instead of 1061 if you don’t properly type your object before referencing a property on it. For example var t:Timer = new Timer(1000, 60);
t.addEvent(TimerEvent.TIMER, Tick); will give error 1061 but var t = new Timer(1000, 60);
t.addEvent(TimerEvent.TIMER, Tick); will give Error 1069.
Flash / Flex Error 1119 – The dreaded AS 3 Error 1119
Flash / Flex Error 1056 – This is the error you will get if you try and call a property with a misspelled name in the same way as calling a property with a misspelled name.

ActionScript 3 Warning: 1102: null used where a int value was expected.

ActionScript 3 Warning#1102 Description:
This warning is pretty good at describing what is happening but is needs to add a little to explain why. This error will appear when you try and force a variable to be a certain Type within a predefined function. For example if you have a variable like _minute below

Flex / Flash Warning1102 Fix:
Find where you are using null and make sure that you are using the proper value

Bad Code:

var TargetDate:Date = new Date(_year, _month, _date, _hour, _minute=null);

or

var TargetDate:Date = new Date(_year, _month, _date, _hour, _minute=”10″);

or

var TargetDate:Date = new Date(_year, _month, _date, _hour, _minute=false);

Good Code:

var TargetDate:Date = new Date(_year, _month, _date, _hour, _minute=10);

Warning:
You will not get this error with the code below even though it seems like the same as the code above. The smart folks at Adobe put in logic that will accommodate for numbers-as-strings and also boolean which will result in the number 0.  The AS3 Warning will will only show when you assign an non-permitted variable within the parameters of a method call. The code below will output a valid date. Direct assignment in quotes will be translated into a valid Number not an int. False shows up as 0 in the date.

var TargetDate:Date = new Date(_year, _month, _date, false, “10“);

Related AS3 Error:
AS3 Error 1067

This should help you resolve Flex / Flash Warning #1102

Thanks and as always Happy Flashing

Curtis J. Morley

Check out the new info I posted on AS3 Error #1067

It is highly related to AS3 Warning 1102

Thanks,

Curtis J. Morley

Flash / Flex Error #2078: The name property of a Timeline-placed object cannot be modified.

ActionScript 3 Error #1061 Description:
The MovieClip or Button that you have on the stage cannot be changed with code. It already has a name so you can’t change it. If you are visiting this page my guess is that you are thinking that you have a dynamic movieClip that you named with code, yet you probably have one with the same name on the stage already.

Flash / Flex Error 1061 Fix:
Stop trying to change a named object on the stage that already has one.

Bad Code:

myMovieClip.name = “Bob”;

Good Code:

//no code here

Thanks and Happy Flashing

Curtis J. Morley