Flash CS3 error: fl.getDocumentDOM() has no properties

Question

What causes the publish error: "fl.getDocumentDOM() has no properties" ?

The error occurs only when using the "Test Project" button in the project pane. It doesn't cause the publish to fail, it's just annoying.

Answer 1

This occurs when you don't have any flash documents open. You can't publish 'headless' in flash cs3 without throwing an error (albeit benign).

Answer 2

I have a friendly solution:

var myDocument = fl.getDocumentDom() || false;
if(!myDocument){
  alert("Please open at least one document");
}