jackthe7th

found a solution, I just loaded the MC one frame before the code for the transitions.

ahh yeah the textField is created after the timeline and in the BG MC... Is there a way to specify when the textField is loaded without moving it off the BG movieclip?

heh I know, sorry i just called it parent to simplify it, the parent is actually called BG in my code. so this is my actual code: timeline.append( TweenMax.from(BG.Text_News, 2, {alpha:0})); I realized something though, the object "Text_News" was not created on the stage like my other objects, it was created using AS3. Its a textField that loads an external html file: var myTextLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); var Text_News:TextField = new TextField(); myTextLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded); function onLoaded(e:Event):void { Text_News.htmlText = e.target.data; addChild(Text_News); } myTextLoader.load(new URLRequest("Text/News.html")); so I am trying to target this textField "Text_News", whose parent is BG.

hi, new to this greensock thing, but so far it has been wonderful in accomplishing what I would like to do! My problem is this: Im having trouble getting an object within an MC to tween. The object in the MC is a textField that loads external text files called Text_News. I figured I would just specify the parent MC using a dot operator: timeline.append( TweenMax.to(BG.Text_Field, 1, {alpha:1})); But this comes back with the error: Error: Cannot tween a null object. at com.greensock::TweenLite$iinit() at com.greensock::TweenMax$iinit() at com.greensock::TweenMax$/to() at ZakAstor2_fla::MainTimeline/ZakAstor2_fla::frame2() TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at com.greensock::TweenLite/com.greensock:TweenLite::init() at com.greensock::TweenMax/com.greensock:TweenMax::init() at com.greensock::TweenMax/renderTime() at com.greensock.core::SimpleTimeline/renderTime() at com.greensock::TweenLite$/com.greensock:TweenLite::updateAll() Does anyone know how to do this?