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