Variable Data Type Error.

I have a fast question. I am setting up a variable with a
data type of Number, when I declare the variable it has a default
value.

I am trying to pass data to the variable from a input text
box but I am getting an error when I run the Movie. I have tried
both a input text box and a Dynamic Text box, but they both produce
the same error.

If I remove the data typing from the variable declaration the
Movie runs and it updates the variable data but from all that I
have read this is not a good practice.

I have attached the code, could someone Please help me out. I
do not remember having these types of problems with ActionScript 2.

Thanks for the help.

Code:

var rectangle:Shape;

var thick :Number = 2; // line thickness

var color:Number= 0×000000; // Holds the color value

myButton_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);

function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void

{

color = colorField_txt.text; (Line 11)

thick = lineThick_txt.text; (Line 12)

rectangle = new Shape();

rectangle.graphics.lineStyle(thick, color, .5);

rectangle.graphics.drawRect(10, 10, 100, 150);

addChild(rectangle);

}

myButton_btn.buttonMode = true;

ERROR MESSAGE:

1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type String to an
unrelated type Number. (Refers to line 11)

1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type String to an
unrelated type Number. (Refers to line 12)

Thanks again for any help.

Mike|||
the text property of a textfield is of type String, so to
place that String into a variable of type Number, you need to first
convert it to a Number

eg.

thick = Number(lineThick_txt.text);

ActionScript 2 performed this conversion
automatically.|||
Craig.

Thanks for the fast response. I tried it and it works great.
I don’t think I would have ever found that in my manuals.

I really appreciate the help.

Mike

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