Working with Components

In this chapter, you'll use several Adobe Flash (FLA) files and ActionScript class files to learn how to add components to a document and set their properties. This chapter also explains a few advanced topics such as using code hints, creating custom focus navigation, managing component depth, and upgrading version 1 components to version 2 of the Adobe Component Architecture.

For the samples used in this chapter, see the Flash Samples page at www.adobe.com/go/learn_fl_samples. The following samples are available:

This chapter covers the following topics:

The Components panel
Adding components to Flash documents
Components in the Library panel
Setting component parameters
Sizing components
Deleting components from Flash documents
Using code hints
Using ActionScript with screens
Creating custom focus navigation
Managing component depth in a document
Components in Live Preview
Using a preloader with components
About loading components
Upgrading version 1 components to version 2 architecture

Flash CS3