Strange error - HELP! : temp.as - Error #1046

Question

Hi all,
I am converting a project to AS3. However I get a stranger
error :
**Error** ...\temp.as : Line 1, Column 210 : [Compiler] Error
#1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: List.
À€
The strange thing is that THERE IS NO FILE NAMED temps.as.
I've searched everywhere. I know that I did not create any, so
maybe Flash 9 does it. Anyone has got an idea about that?
Another strange thing is that after the error, instead of
writing the code responsible for it, there is this 'À' which
is actually followed by a square. I m a bit confused.
Please help, thanks

Answer 1

quote:
Originally posted by:
Nico22_be
Another strange behavior related to that temp.as file. Since
there is no such file, I decided to create one like this :
package {
class temp {}
And to test. I then get new errors :
**Error** \temp.as : Line 2, Column 8 : [Compiler] Error
#1131: Classes must not be nested.
class temp {}
**Error** \temp.as : Line 1, Column 1 : [Compiler] Error
#1153: A constructor can only be declared public.
package {
When declaring a package, you must give the path to the
package
package com.mysite.utilities {
When Flash compiles, I believe it already creates a package{
line but who knows for sure until Adobe says so. As a result, you
cannot next base level packages which is what the error is for.
The second error is because of your class declaration....
it's missing a constructor
package {
class temp {}
should be
package com.mysite.tempstuff {
class temp{
public function temp() {
Every class must have a "public" constructor to initialize it
when it is called with the "new" flag.
temp.as - this is probably an issue where Flash cannot create
the temporary as file that it loads into the debugger when it runs
in the dev environment.