# \[FLEX2 AS3\]Need help getting data objects onto the stage

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex2-as3-need-help-getting-data-objects-onto-the-stage/216722
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 19, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex2-as3-need-help-getting-data-objects-onto-the-stage/216722 "2007-02-19T23:42:56Z")
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### Author: ![1upthecoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/e68b1a/32.png) [@1upthecoder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/1upthecoder)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex2-as3-need-help-getting-data-objects-onto-the-stage/216722/1 "2007-02-19T23:42:56Z")

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Hello Everyone! please bare with me as im new to AS3 and flex and i may not know the exact terminology but ill do my best:hugegrin: .

I am building an application in flex builder 2 using AS3 and for some reason I cannot instantiate 2 custom controls that i have made. the first control extends the TileList and the second extends the ComboBox. I was able to get them on the stage if I make my default application a mxml file but when I try to instantiate them with an as file as my default application i get nothing at all(not even an error). From what ive read hear I guess these are Non-DisplayObject classes but I cant figure out how to get them on the stage. Any help would be greatly appreciated.