Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant?

Hi guys,
I'm going nuts. I've got this movieclip that I made into a
button with ActionScript. When clicked, it
should go to a frame in my main timeline labeled "beansbus",
but whenever I try to test the movie out, Flash
gives me this error:
1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant:
bus.
I've looked around on the internet and I've been told that
this error can
crop up if the instance name is the same as a library object.
That WAS the
problem, but I renamed the library object to Cutebus, so that
should have fixed it, I hope. There was another fix that involved
something called TextFields in my movieclip, but I don't have
those...
My code looks like this, which was copied and pasted from an
in-class tutorial that DOES work, with no problems.
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this.

actually the error:
quote:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of
a null object reference. at
beans_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()[beans_fla.MainTimeline::frame1:3]
may not obviously give the line number at first
glance, but it does! 'frame 1:3' refers to frame 1, line 3. which
if your code post was accurate to line numbers, refers to:
quote:
bus.stop();
so i'd suggest looking at your bus clip and
ensuring that you have correctly defined its instance name. Also,
make sure you have this correctly defined in each keyframe that the
clip appears.

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ID:
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recent one may help get to the bottom of it if there is an issue with setup detecting a prior instance that needs to be repaired.
Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/samlester
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System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreatePooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnectionOptions options) +31
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.CreateObject(DbConnection owningObject) +433
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Please read the following resources:
http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/05/21/sql-server-fix-error-provider-named-pipes-provider-error-40-could-not-open-a-connection-to-sql-server-microsoft-sql-server-error/
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/20d8edf8-f36d-48ac-8623-c06e485448a3/i-have-a-problem-with-a-connection-to-database-sqlserver-2012?forum=sqlexpress
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A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The
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