Object does not exist

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The following code fails because I can’t seem to direct it to the textField objects I’ve created:


this.createTextField(footerText1, 0, 100, 25, 0, 0);
this.createTextField(footerText2, 1, 400, 25, 0, 0);

var hexColor:String = new String();
hexColor = "9BC2FD";

with(_root.footerMC.footerText1){
    text = "Contents \u00A9 2007";
    autoSize = "left";
    selectable = false;
    textColor = parseInt("0x" + hexColor);
}

I’ve tried:
[FONT=Courier New]with(footerText1){
with(this._parent.footerText1){
with(_parent.footerText1){[/FONT]
and even an absolute [FONT=Courier New]with(_root.footerMC.footerText1){[/FONT]

None of them works! What is going on??