flash actionscript: Dear Forum

I'm learning the actionscript 2 OOP approach and I'm running into an error
message that I dont' understand. What am I missing?

Any insight appreciated. Thanks!

Stephan

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Error Message: Line 6: A member attribute was used incorrectly.
public fadeIn(path:Object,_speed:Number){
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Here's is the transition.as file:
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class com.mypage.transition {

public fadeIn(path:Object,_speed:Number){
path.createEmptyMovieClip("loop",this.getNextHighestDepth());
path.loop.onEnterFrame = function(){
this._parent._alpha+=_speed
if(this._parent._alpha>99){
this._parent._alpha = 99.9
delete this.onEnterFrame;
this.removeMovieClip();
trace("fadeIn doesn't work >> check transition.as");
}
}
}

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Alright I'm an idiot. I figuered it out:



class com.mypage.transition {




public function fadeIn(path:Object,_speed:Number){
path.createEmptyMovieClip("loop",path.getNextHighestDepth());
path.loop.onEnterFrame = function(){
this._parent._alpha+=_speed
if(this._parent._alpha>99){
this._parent._alpha = 99.9
delete this.onEnterFrame;
this.removeMovieClip();
trace("fadeIn doesn't work >> check transition.as");
}
}
}