# Flash CS3 Strings Panel : Error 1009

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-strings-panel-error-1009/244529>\
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**Created:** [November 19, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-strings-panel-error-1009/244529 "2007-11-19T12:36:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![t\_anjan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@t\_anjan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/t_anjan)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-strings-panel-error-1009/244529/1 "2007-11-19T12:36:06Z")

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I’ve created a very simple Actionscript 3 FLA with the Strings Panel setting at “Automatically at Runtime” and just one language - English.

Keyframe at Frame 1: Dynamic textbox linked to a Strings Panel ID.

Keyframe at Frame 15: Another Dynamic textbox linked to another Strings Panel ID.

Compiling this setup produces the following error:

```auto
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at StringsPanelNotWorking_fla::MainTimeline/StringsPanelNotWorking_fla::frame15()

```

If I change the Publish Settings -\> Actionscript version to 2.0, the same file compiles and runs without errors.

I’ve got no code on any frames. So this means there is a problem with the dynamically generated code at runtime. Could someone tell me why such a simple thing is not working in Actionscript 3.