I need a clarification and a possibly, if there's a solution

programming flash
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Hi guys

I have a question, something to do with the AS3 class. So staight to the point, everytime i create a looping statement that adds a movieclip object(with a class property) on an AS3 class i created, an ‘Error: Stack overflow occured’ happens. I wanna know why is it happening. Coz when i create my looping statement on the fla, it runs perfectly.

Here’s the code on the fla:


import microbox;

for(var i = 1; i <= 10; i++) { // determines which row should boxes start
        
    for (var j = 1; j <= 16; j++) { // determines which column should boxes start
        var mB:microbox = new microbox();
        mB.x = (j - 1) * 10; // starting x-coordinate for the current microbox created
        mB.y = (i - 1) * 10; // starting y-coordinate for the current microbox created
        addChild(mB); // adds the box to the display list
    }
}

this one runs perfectly.

Here’s the class code on microbox, nothing special here. (its just a small box movieclip on the fla):


package {
    
    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.utils.*;
    import flash.events.*;
    
    public class microbox extends MovieClip {
        
        public var _root = MovieClip;
        
        public function microbox() {
            this.addEventListener(Event.ADDED, beginClass, false, 0, true);
        }
        
        public function beginClass(e:Event) {
            _root = MovieClip(root);
        }
    }
}

And here’s what i’m trying to experiment on. name of class file is microboxClass:


package {
    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.utils.*;
    import flash.text.*;
    
    import microbox;
    
    // Start of Class
    public class microboxClass extends MovieClip {
        private var microboxContainer:Sprite = new Sprite();
        
        public function microboxClass() {
            addEventListener(Event.ADDED, beginClass); 
        }
        
        private function beginClass(e:Event) {
            
            for(var i = 1; i <= 10; i++) { 
        
                for (var j = 1; j <= 16; j++) {
                    var mB:microbox = new microbox();
                    mB.x = (j - 1) * 10; 
                    mB.y = (i - 1) * 10; 
                    microboxContainer.addChild(mB);
                }
            }
            addChild(microboxContainer);
        }
    }    
}

So basically, what i do next is import the microboxClass on the fla, place it in a var then addChild that var. that’s when the stack overflow error happens. I just want to be enlightened if its possible to do this kind of looping statement on a class or why error occurs.

Thanks.
Zen

EDIT: typo error on the microboxClass, i edited it.