[gareth.nic]

I keep getting this error. I've tried everything, googled everything and I can't find the solution. This error message doesn't help much, because I've done the movieclip (used as button) the same way as all the others. The button in question is in a layer called buttons, but in a different frame.

The error message when debugging:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
	at cct_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()[cct_fla.MainTimeline::frame1:43]

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

mcHomeButton.buttonMode = true;
mcHomeButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,showHome);

function showHome (e:MouseEvent):void
{
	gotoAndPlay("Home");
}

mcHistoryButton.buttonMode = true;
mcHistoryButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,showHistory);

function showHistory (e:MouseEvent):void
{
	gotoAndPlay("History");
}

mcWhyFETButton.buttonMode = true;
mcWhyFETButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,showWhyFET);

function showWhyFET (e:MouseEvent):void
{
	gotoAndPlay("WhyFET");
}

mcContactUsButton.buttonMode = true;
mcContactUsButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,showContactUs);

function showContactUs (e:MouseEvent):void
{
	gotoAndPlay("Contact Us");
}

mcFinancesButton.buttonMode = true;
mcFinancesButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,showFinances);

function showFinances (e:MouseEvent):void
{
	gotoAndPlay("Finances");
}

mcFinancesNextButton.buttonMode = true; //line 43 causing trouble.
mcFinancesNextButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,showFinancesNextText);

function showFinancesNextText (e:MouseEvent):void
{
	gotoAndPlay("FinancesNextText");
}

[Atli]

gareth.nic, on 15 March 2011 - 08:33 PM, said:

The button in question is in a layer called buttons, but in a different frame.

Is that frame later in the timeline than the frame where this code is?

Until the frame is reached, the objects on it don't exist.

[gareth.nic]

It is indeed. Didn't really think of that. Is there a way around it. I want that button to display only when the user clicks on a certain page. It's gonna work as a "more" button, to display extra info.

Would inserting it in the first frame and setting alpha to 0 work? Then just making it visible when needed?

Thanks for the response. Much appreciated.

[Atli]

Yea, that could work.

You can also just do clip.visible = false; in the beginning and then set it to true when you want it visible.

[gareth.nic]

Thanks man! Tried it and it worked.