Drawing in Class definition

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Hi everybody,
I am sorry if this is a stupid question but I have searched for the last 3 days and I did not find an answer to this.

I want to create a class which extends a MovieClip class and I am trying to have in te constructor of the class to draw some graphic. Is this even possible of is there something I do wrong? I get no error but I can’t see anything on the screen.

Code in Flash:

var tabel = new data_matrix();

Code in text editor - where I buid the class:

class data_matrix extends MovieClip{

public var dshape:MovieClip;

function data_matrix(){
dshape=this.createEmptyMovieClip(“dshape1”,100);
dshape.lineStyle(0, 0xFF0000, 100);
dshape.lineTo(100, 0);
dshape.lineStyle(0, 0x00FF00, 100);
dshape.lineTo(100, 100);
trace(this._name);
}

Also the trace command above displays UNDEFINED like the object is not even defined.

I thank you very much in advance.