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Enhancing rich symbols in Fireworks CS3


Sarthak Singhal

Sarthak Singhal

Adobe

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Advantages and limitations of rich symbols
  3. Extending rich symbols
  4. Working with smart rich symbols
  5. Using the smart rich symbol assets
Created:
3 March 2008
User Level:
Intermediate, Advanced
Products:
Fireworks

Rich symbols are new to Adobe Fireworks CS3 and extend the existing flexibility of symbols by allowing independent editing of a symbol's instance properties. This means you can make changes to the instances of a rich symbol without affecting the master symbol. This is extremely helpful for designing application interfaces and streamlining web design.

In this article I discuss how to build intelligence into rich symbols and how to work with smart rich symbols. To get a deeper understanding of how they work, you can examine JavaScript file corresponding to the sample graphic file.

Requirements

In order to make the most of this article, you'll need the following software and files:

Fireworks CS3

Text editor of your choice

Sample files:

Prerequisite knowledge

This article assumes that you have intermediate to advanced knowledge of JavaScript and some familiarity working with rich symbols and how they function in Fireworks CS3.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

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About the author

Sarthak Singhal is a member of the Fireworks engineering team at Adobe Systems. When he is not working, he loves traveling and photography. He likes going for small treks and heads off to the mountains whenever he gets an opportunity.

See some Fireworks extensions written by the author.