Error #1009

[j_diggity]

Hello--I'm wondering if anyone can help me figure out why I'm getting the following error message in my Flash doc:

"TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at senses_test_fla::SceneTwo_1/buttonClick()"

The message appears after I click one of five buttons. Everything seems to work fine--clicking takes me to the frame with the corresponding label, and the animation within each frame plays without a hitch. I've double-checked the buttons to make sure that the instance names match what's in the actionscript.

Here's my actionscript (3.0):

stop();
function buttonClick(event:MouseEvent):void
{
	gotoAndPlay(event.target.name);
 
	earbtn.enabled = true;
	eyebtn.enabled = true;
	handbtn.enabled = true;
	tonguebtn.enabled = true;
	nosebtn.enabled = true;
 
	event.target.enabled = false;
}
 
earbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);
eyebtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);
handbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);
tonguebtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);
nosebtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);

Thanks in advance for your help! Please let me know if you need more information than what I've provided here.

--J

[[Paul Ferrie]]

trace what event.target.name is and make sure you frame lable resembles that.

[j_diggity]

Thanks for the response Paul!

From what I understand, event.target.name takes the instance name of the button that triggers the "buttonClick" function and turns it into the target--thus clicking on "earbtn" button takes you to the frame with the label "earbtn." As long as the buttons and corresponding frames are named identically, it should work.

I messed around with the code a bit and found out that the error message disappears if all the ".enabled = true" declarations are removed. I'd like to keep these in--any idea why they might be causing problems?

Thanks again,

--J