# Loading swf + error #1009
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 7, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586 "2008-06-07T09:22:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/1 "2008-06-07T09:22:10Z")
I am trying to load an swf, but i get this error:
```auto
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at spontaneousBox_fla::MainTimeline/spontaneousBox_fla::frame1()
```
all the code is in the timeline, i tried using Event.INIT and Event.COMPLETE as the event type for my Loader, I have removed all references to ‘stage’ in the loaded swf, and it plays fine when tested.
I don’t know what’s wrong. Can someone tell me what’s wrong?
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### Author:  [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/2 "2008-06-09T01:12:34Z")
I am using a movieclip in the library with linkage names… anyone?
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### Author:  [@littlespex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/littlespex)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/3 "2008-06-09T01:57:52Z")
Can you post the code or source? That error isn’t much to go on by itself.
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### Author:  [@Anogar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anogar)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/4 "2008-06-09T02:35:31Z")
Try waiting to run your constructor in the loader SWF until the ADDED\_TO\_STAGE event. That’s a common cause of the error.
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### Author:  [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/5 "2008-06-11T12:20:26Z")
here’s the code in the loaded swf.
```auto
var total:int = 4;
var count:int = 1;
var timer:Timer = new Timer(1000, total);
var boxes:Array = new Array();
var lines:Array = new Array();
var stage_width:Number = 430;
var stage_height:Number = 280;
init();
function init():void{
createBox();
timer.start();
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, delayedCreateBox);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, enableClickable);
}
function reset(e:KeyboardEvent):void{
if(e.keyCode == Keyboard.SPACE){
timer.stop();
timer.reset();
for(var i:int = 0; i < boxes.length; i++){
removeChild(boxes*);
}
boxes = new Array();
count = 1;
init();
}
}
function createBox():sbBox{
var b:sbBox = new sbBox();
b.percentX = Math.random();
b.percentY = Math.random();
b.targX = Math.random();
b.targY = Math.random();
b.scaleX = .01;
b.scaleY = .01;
b.rotation = Math.random() * 180;
b.alpha = .2 + Math.random();
b.x = stage_width * b.percentX;
b.y = stage_height * b.percentY;
b.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, scaleBox);
addChild(b);
boxes.push(b);
return b;
}
function scaleBox(e:Event):void{
var targSize:Number = .2 + Math.random();
e.target.scaleX += (targSize - e.target.scaleX) * .2;
e.target.scaleY += (targSize - e.target.scaleY) * .2;
if(e.target.scaleX >= targSize){
e.target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, scaleBox);
e.target.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveX);
e.target.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveY);
}
}
function delayedCreateBox(e:Event):void{
var p:sbBox = boxes[boxes.length - 1];
for(var i:int = 0; i < count; i++){
var b:sbBox = createBox();
}
count += i;
}
function moveX(e:Event):void{
e.target.x += (e.target.targX * stage_width - e.target.x) * .1;
if(Math.abs((e.target.targX * stage_width) - e.target.x) <= 1 ){
e.target.targX = Math.random();
}
}
function moveY(e:Event):void{
e.target.y += (e.target.targY * stage_height - e.target.y) * .1;
if(Math.abs((e.target.targY * stage_height) - e.target.y) <= 1 ){
e.target.targY = Math.random();
}
}
function enableClickable(e:TimerEvent):void{
}
```
what should listen for the ADDED\_TO\_STAGE event? it’s a website, so the loader swf will need to run first before the loaded swf.
spBox is a linkage name of a movieclip on the stage…
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### Author:  [@Anogar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anogar)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/6 "2008-06-11T17:36:23Z")
Try changing the “init()” line to reading:
```auto
addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
```
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### Author:  [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/7 "2008-06-12T14:42:38Z")
^ just tried that in the timeline code… added an e:Event = null parameter to init(), still the same error… :-/
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### Author:  [@Anogar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anogar)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/8 "2008-06-12T17:28:20Z")
Try to narrow it down to which line is causing the error, by commenting out all lines and then uncommenting blocks at a time.
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### Author:  [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/9 "2008-06-14T03:07:52Z")
is it possible that the MovieClip with the linkage name is not initiated?
because other than the class sbBox, there’s nothing in that code but numbers, functions and events…
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### Author:  [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/10 "2008-06-15T14:45:44Z")
just tried what was suggested in this [thread](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=301049), still the same error. :-/
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### Author:  [@Anogar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anogar)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/11 "2008-06-15T17:31:24Z")
Try commenting out lines until you find the one that is causing the error. Specifically, a good place to start is that addChild line, and anything else that might be accessing the stage. If it works perfectly when not being loaded, it’s almost always a stage access problem.
This is sort of an important debugging skill to learn - finding the source of the error by working with smaller chunks until you get it figured out.
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### Author:  [@nikefido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nikefido)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/12 "2008-06-15T20:46:13Z")
If you can narrow down the error to a certain chunk, you can use a trace statement every other line (or however often makes sense) to see after which trace statement the code breaks down (watch your output and make each trace statement unqiue).
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### Author:  [@Felixz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Felixz)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-swf-error-1009/262586/13 "2008-06-16T18:04:05Z")
use Debugging mode.
Ctrl + Shift + Enter
There you will now where is the problem