Flash 9 Prewiev. As3 script check

Please, let me ask your immediate help - in case anybody
knows Flash 9 Prewiev.
When I check As3 script it outputs err msg: " The class or
interface 'Sprite' could not be loaded."
I cannot check script at all.
$(LocalData)/Classes is set in Preferences -
though As3 is compiled, but script check does not work.
Thanks Lant

Well, in fact that's all the help you need.
For instance:
flash.geom.ColorTransform -> Examples.
So, how to use this in the Public Alpha. Well, create a new
ActionScript file, copy and paste the code and save the file as
ColorTransformExample.as
Now open a new Flash file. Go to the Publish Settings and
click on 'settings' next to the dropdown that says 'ActionScript
3.0'. A new option! Document Class (you can 'connect' a base class
to the -what was called - _root). Type in: ColorTransformExample
(without .as) and click ok. Save the fla in the same directory as
where you saved ColorTransformExample.as. Test the movie. Attached
for your convenience the class.

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