Category Archives: Runtime

Errors generated at runtime

uncaught exception: Error in Actionscript. Use a try/catch block to find error.

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Judah

In this case the error was mentioned in the Firebug console. The solution, in this case, was to put the same files on the server or localhost. Before: file://directory/mypage.html After: http://localhost/mypage.html Obviously, add a try catch block around the code … Continue reading →

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Silverlight Installation Problem Error Code: 2104

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Judah

Silverlight Installation Problem Error Code: 2104 Description When viewing Silverlight content this message appears instead of the content. Solution The error message says, “This issue is often resolved by uninstalling and then reinstalling Microsoft Silverlight on your computer.” I don’t … Continue reading →

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Error: Error #3219: The NativeProcess could not be started. ‘launch path not accessible’

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Judah

Error #3219: The NativeProcess could not be started. ‘not supported in current profile.’ Error #3219: The NativeProcess could not be started. ‘launch path not accessible.’ 1. Cause You are calling a native process but haven’t specified that your AIR application … Continue reading →

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ArgumentError: Error #3214: NativeProcessStartupInfo.executable does not specify a valid executable file.

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Judah

ArgumentError: Error #3214: NativeProcessStartupInfo.executable does not specify a valid executable file. Cause The path to the executable is incorrect. Example: var file:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("usr/bin/osascript"); The path above is incorrect because of the missing initial “/”. The correct path should be: … Continue reading →

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Error: addChild() is not available in this class. Instead, use addElement() or modify the skin, if you have one.

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Judah

Error: addChild() is not available in this class. Instead, use addElement() or modify the skin, if you have one. spark.components::Group/addChild Check if the class is a Group (Group GroupBase UIComponent FlexSprite Sprite DisplayObjectContainer InteractiveObject DisplayObject EventDispatcher) If you want to … Continue reading →

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ArgumentError: Undefined state ‘up’.

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Judah

Cause: The skin I was using did not have the required state. The host component was a Button and the Button class requires the “up” state to be defined in the skin. I was using a base skin that did … Continue reading →

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Error: The Form must have form items with the same number of constraint columns

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Judah

Error: The Form must have form items with the same number of constraint columns Problem: Form and Form Items use constraint rows and constraint columns to layout the form labels and form elements. When there are conflicting layouts this error … Continue reading →

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ArgumentError: Error #2180: It is illegal to move AVM1 content (AS1 or AS2) to a different part of the displayList when it has been loaded into AVM2 (AS3) content.

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Judah

ArgumentError: Error #2180: It is illegal to move AVM1 content (AS1 or AS2) to a different part of the displayList when it has been loaded into AVM2 (AS3) content. This occurs when you attempt to load a SWF file that … Continue reading →

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Error #2190: The attempted load of failed as it had a Content-Disposition of attachment set

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Judah

Error #2190: The attempted load of failed as it had a Content-Disposition of attachment set If embedding a file in AS3 and no mime type is set then try to set the mime type to a generic type: // possibly … Continue reading →

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TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter antiAliasType must be non-null.

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Judah

TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter antiAliasType must be non-null. at flash.text::TextField/set antiAliasType() The error may be caused by incompatibilities with the Flash Text Engine, Classic TextField, Text Layout Framework, Flash Player version you are targeting and the versions of the SWC’s … Continue reading →

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VerifyError: Error #1053: Illegal override of FTETextFieldHostFormat in FTETextField.as

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Judah

VerifyError: Error #1053: Illegal override of FTETextFieldHostFormat in FTETextField.as$145.FTETextFieldHostFormat. at global$init()[E:\dev\hero_private\frameworks\projects\spark\src\mx\core\UIFTETextField.as:88] at Function/() Was resolved by updating the Flex SDK. Was using Flex 4.5 17077 beta and upgraded to Flex 4.5 Hero and issue was resolved. If that does not … Continue reading →

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ArgumentError: Interval not found: (0:00.000-0:00.000, fmt=34, size=0KB)

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Judah

[SWF] /apiplayer – 4,064 bytes after decompression Warning: Domain s.ytimg.com does not explicitly specify a meta-policy, but Content-Type of policy file http://s.ytimg.com/crossdomain.xml is ‘text/x-cross-domain-policy’. Applying meta-policy ‘by-content-type’. [SWF] /[[IMPORT]]/s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/apiplayer3-vflQHZlDl.swf – 212,656 bytes after decompression player ready: [SWF] /[[IMPORT]]/s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/apiplayer3-vflQHZlDl.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/18 – 1,784 … Continue reading →

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