# Referencing stage

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-stage/267264>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [July 30, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-stage/267264 "2008-07-30T06:20:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-stage/267264/1 "2008-07-30T06:20:59Z")

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Hello,  
I am trying to make my first as3 class based game and so i was wondering if i could get some help. although the game wont have fancy graphics, i just would like to understand the way it works…currently, i am at a point where im getting :

1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type flash.display:Stage to an unrelated type Stage.  
in my main file robot.fla, im using

var robo:robot=new robot(stage);  
//var starenemy:enemy1=new enemy1(this.stage);  
addChild(robo);

inside that robot.as  
…  
public class robot extends Sprite {  
import flash.display.Stage;  
private var \_stage:Stage;  
…  
public function robot(stageRef:Stage):void {  
\_stage = stageRef;  
…  
}  
amongst other things and i cant reference anything from the stage.

I think im going nuts trying to figure out how to correctly reference things to the stage. so can you take a look and guide me and tell me how i can proceed?  
Attached is the zip file

Thanks