T googled ‘converting variables in as3’ and figured out that we were extending the class as an Application instead of as a TouchSprite! We think this is key, except the TouchSprite class doesn’t work as the main app class. But now that I’ve separated the two so the main app class calls the TouchSprite class, I’m getting the dreaded Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
ARGGGGHHHHHH!
I’ve been looking for the premature call for over an hour and so far haven’t found a damned thing. Sometimes I really hate Flash. Would it have killed them to give a line number with that error??
ETA: Yeah, this wasn’t the problem. We had to stop using the Marker() class provided by google and create custom markers that we then placed manually on the map. Live and learn!
Flash CS4 and Multitouch Applications 