'global' object instead of custom object?

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Hi,

I have a custom class called testItem (external file: testItem.as) that behaves strangely. I have told it to extend MovieClip and when it is created it creates a new Shape object and adds this to its display stack using addChild. However, when this is done Flash doesn’t refer to my object as ‘object testItem’ anymore, but ‘object global’ instead. Why does this happen, and how do I get it to refer to the testItem class/object instead?

testItem.as code:

 package {
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.display.*;
    public class testItem extends MovieClip {
        public function testItem() {
        }
        public function fSetupMe() {
            trace(this); // returns '[object testItem]'
            var vInfoShape:Shape = new Shape;
            vInfoShape.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);
            vInfoShape.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 300, 300);
            vInfoShape.graphics.endFill();
            addChild(vInfoShape);
            var fMouseOver:Function = function(arg) {
            trace(this); // returns '[object global]'
            MovieClip(root).vHighlight.fShowMe(this.y);
            };

            addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, fMouseOver);
        }
    }
}

The code in my mainTimeline file looks like:


     var vtestItem = new testItem();
addChild(vtestItem);
vtestItem.fSetupMe();

Thanks in advance.

.c