# Actionscript Errors

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-errors/187352>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 28, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-errors/187352 "2006-04-28T14:36:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![njoay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@njoay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/njoay)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-errors/187352/1 "2006-04-28T14:36:28Z")

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Hi,

I receive these errors for an actionscript that I’m using to display “fireworks” in my movie. If you would like to see the original AS I can direct you to where I got it from. Here are the error outputs when I play my movie:

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 7: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
i=0;

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 12: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
cf=0;

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 16: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
numberOfBeams=40;

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 20: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
myScale = 20 + Random(80);

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 25: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
setProperty(“myBeam1”,\_visible,true);

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 29: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
xyscalevar = 20 + Random(80);

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 33: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
colorArray=[“FF”,“00”,“33”,“99”,“66”,“CC”]

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 34: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
myColor=new Color(myBeam1);

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 35: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
myColor.setRGB(“0x”+colorArray[Random(6)]+colorArray[Random(6)]+colorArray[Random(6)]);

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 41: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
do {

**Error** Symbol=firework, layer=Layer 1, frame=2:Line 55: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler  
setProperty(“myBeam1”,\_visible,false);

Total ActionScript Errors: 11 Reported Errors: 11