null object reference with automation enabled flex-application at preloader

Question

Hello, We are trying to automate our flex application. After adding automation libraries to our project we get the following exception:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager$/addDelegates()
 at mx.automation::AutomationManager/childAddedHandler()
 at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/addChildAt()
 at mx.managers::SystemManager/preloader_preloaderDoneHandler()
 at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
 at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
 at mx.preloaders::Preloader/displayClassCompleteHandler()
 at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
 at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
 at com.bwin.core.preloading::ApplicationPreloader/onApplicationPreloadingReady()
 at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
 at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
 at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()
 at com.bwin.core.preloading::PreloadingManager/dispatchReadyEvent()
 at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
 at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
 at flash.utils::Timer/tick()

We are using Flex 3.4 and maven2 to build the application.

Did anybody have this issue with flex-testing?

Thx.

Did anybody

Answer 1

I have enabled automation on a Flex 3.x app, and never saw that exception. Some more information would be helpful in order to answer the question.