Getting started with built-in display class

Question

Hello all,
I have a newbie question. I just installed Flash CS3 and I'm
trying to get basic functionality working. I can't seem to display
anything. It's recognizing the document class (Hello.as). I can
trace messages in this class but just can't display anything to
stage after addChild(). The app is recognizing the flash.display.*
classes and flash.text.TextField class so the default classpath is
correct. I get no compile errors. Just nothing displayed.
Here's my simple test class named Hello.as in the same folder
as the launch.fla:
package {
import flash.display.*;
import flash.text.TextField;
public class Hello extends Sprite {
public function Hello() {
var txt:TextField = new TextField();
txt.text = "Hello world";
txt.x = 60;
txt.y = 25;
addChild(txt);
I'm creating an instance of this class in frame 1 of my
launch.fla with this script:
import Hello;
var a = new Hello();
I know it's a small newbie problem I'm just not seeing. Any
advice appreciated.
TIA,
Michael

Answer 1

add a to your displaylist: