TypeError: Error #1006: playContent is not a function

Question

I have a class that holds an object from another class. When I want to call some function from this class, I get the above error... See code to get a better idea!

MainMenu.as

package portfolioSource  {      
    public class MainMenu extends MovieClip {

        private var movieContainer:MoviePlayerContainer;

        public function MainMenu() {

            movieContainer = new MoviePlayerContainer();
            this.addChild(movieContainer);

        }

        function ef_btnTheme1CLICK(event:Event){

            movieContainer.playContent(1);//It breaks here

        }           
    }       
}

and MoviePlayerContainer.as

package portfolioSource  {    
    public class MoviePlayerContainer extends MovieClip {   

        public function playContent(_parameter:Number){

            trace("I do not work");

        }
    }

}

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Not one of the functions in the movieContainer object works. I get the same error every time. The constructor (omitted here) does not get executed, but it generates no error...

When I remove the package part and leave it default like :

package {
    public class someClass{
    }
}

Then it works. So I am really confused now.

Thanks!

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felipemaia felipemaia · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-24T21:53:42

It looks like you have 2 classes being defined with the same name on different packages. You should remove or rename one of them.

I'm unaware if Flash supports this, but see if this works: private var movieContainer : portfolioSource.MoviePlayerContainer;

TypeError: Error #1006: playContent is not a function

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