TimerEvent / removeChild() Error #2025

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Hi

I’m a newbie to AS3 and need help with a TimerEvent / removeChild() problem. From a TimerEvent I’m calling a function that removes a child from the stage, except I get the following error:

ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()
at intro_fla::MainTimeline/fades_six()
at flash.utils::Timer/flash.utils:Timer::_timerDispatch()
at flash.utils::Timer/flash.utils:Timer::tick()

I can see the problem concerns the _timerDispatch() but am unsure how to resolve. Here’s my code:

var imageData:textData = new textData(0, 0);

var imageBmpData:Bitmap = new Bitmap(imageData);
imageBmpData.x = 50;
imageBmpData.y = 50;

fades_one();

function fades_one():void {

var myDataTween:Tween = new Tween(imageBmpData, "alpha", Elastic.easeOut, 0, 100, 5000, true);
myDataTween.looping = false;

var timer:Timer = new Timer(3000, 1);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, fades_six);
timer.start();

}

function fades_six(event:TimerEvent):void {
removeChild(imageBmpData);
}

Any advice gratefully received!

CatB