Question

How can I take a simple counter and I want to load the current count into a textbox?

My code:

count1 = new Timer(count);
count1.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,stopWatch);
count1.start();

private function stopWatch(event:TimerEvent):void{
    var myTextBox:TextField = new TextField();
    myTextBox.text = count1.currentCount;
    addChild(myTextBox);
}

Resulting error:

1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type int to an unrelated type String.

Answer 1

You are getting this error because you are assigning an int to the .text field. It will only accept a string and will not implicitly cast it. Use the toString method of int supplied to you by the base Object class.

myTextBox.text = count1.currentCount.toString();

See also, this answer on the same subject.

Update, regarding comment:
I would avoid using addChild when the event fires. Assuming stopWatch is called more than once, the posted code will add a new TextField every time. Instead, just create it once, but set the .text field every time the event fires.

// Create text box to show timer output
var myTextBox:TextField = new TextField();
addChild(myTextBox);

// Create timer and start
var count1 = new Timer(count);
count1.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,stopWatch);
count1.start();

// Update text box whenever TIMER event fires
private function stopWatch(event:TimerEvent):void{
  myTextBox.text = count1.currentCount.toString();
}