Error

[papasquat]

The code is in a child movie clip which is a collectible in a game.. I was trying to make an easy method to remove the child from the screen when the parent called the end game function.. So what I did was make a nowending variable set to false and when it is true the child removes itself automatically

import flash.events.Event;

function randomRange(max:Number, min:Number = -640):Number

{

     return Math.random() * (max - min) + min; //equation for random number

}

this.y = randomRange(0) //random y value for the money

this.x = 970; //money starts off the screen so player can prepare for it

this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moneyfunction);

function moneyfunction (evt:Event):void {

this.x -= 5; //moves the clip from right to left at a rate of 5

if (MovieClip(this.parent).ballcharacter.hitTestObject(this))

{

  MovieClip(this.parent).moneycount += 250 * MovieClip(this.parent).moneymultiplier;//add 250 on contact

  MovieClip(this.parent).moneycounter.text = "Money: " + MovieClip(this.parent).moneycount.toString();// text field displays money

  this.stop();

  this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moneyfunction); //removes function

    this.parent.removeChild(this); //removes the clip from the stage

  }

  if (this.x <= -475){

  this.stop();

  this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moneyfunction); //removes function

  this.parent.removeChild(this); //removes the clip from the stage

  }

  if (MovieClip(this.parent).nowending == true){

  this.stop();

  this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moneyfunction); //removes function

  this.parent.removeChild(this); //removes the clip from the stage

  }

}

there's the code.. it works perfectly without this line

  }

  if (MovieClip(this.parent).nowending == true){

  this.stop();

  this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moneyfunction); //removes function

  this.parent.removeChild(this); //removes the clip from the stage

  }

but when that's inserted I get an error 1009 everytime the moneyfunction is called.

[Ned Murphy]

The 1009 error indicates that one of the objects being targeted by your code is out of scope.  If you go into your Publish Settings Flash section and select the option to Permit debugging, your error message should have a line number following the frame number which will help you isolate which object is involved.  Then use the trace function to narrow down which object is cooming up null to cause the error.

[papasquat]

yea this right here is causing the error

if (MovieClip(this.parent).nowending == true){

and this is the code for my parent clip

var nowending:Boolean = false;