Sorry, I was getting a lot of different errors, so I was hoping it would be evident in the code. At first, the errors were because i didnt declare the box1 and popup1 variables. So I added them and it get me null pointer errors. Basically, I believe my problem is that I dont understand how to make a variable link to the objects on the stage. In the snippet I provided, box1 is the name of a graphic on the stage that I want to have the event listener tied to. How do I declare the variable (or class or whatever. I may be using the wrong word here) so that the objects on the stage do what I need them to?