Accessing GUI-created elements in a class definition file in AS3 (Flash CS4)?

OK, it took a few days and some introspection, but it seems that the problem I've having stems from the fact that you cannot add children to a SimpleButton. I changed my class definition to extend a MovieClip, then created a function named "listen()" that I called when constructing the object that added listeners for the "over","down", and "out" mouse states, so as to imitate a simple button. I also had to put a "stop()" command in the constructor, so that each button wouldn't keep cyclying through all the states.

The final class definition looks like this: package com. Examples { import flash.display. MovieClip; import flash.events.

MouseEvent; public class DynamicButton extends MovieClip { public function DynamicButton(btnText:String="Click Me") { stop(); this. BtnText_btn. Text = btnText; listen(); }//constructor private function listen():void { this.

AddEventListener(MouseEvent. MOUSE_OVER,function(){ gotoAndStop(2); }//anon mouseover fcn ); this. AddEventListener(MouseEvent.

MOUSE_DOWN,function(){ gotoAndStop(3); }//anon mousedown fcn ); this. AddEventListener(MouseEvent. MOUSE_OUT,function(){ gotoAndStop(1); }//anon mouseout fcn ); } }//class definition }//package.

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