The Hidden Power of Flash Components

The Hidden Power of Flash Components | J. Scott Hamlin, Jared Tarbell and Brandon Williams | CHM | ~11.5MB |

ISBN:0782142109 | Sybex | 2003 | 304 pages

Use this step-by-step guide to achieve amazing effects with the hundreds of Flash components available from Macromedia and various third parties, from avoiding pitfalls to building games and more.

You don't have to be a programmer to achieve amazing effects with the hundreds of Flash components available from Macromedia and various third parties. Step by step, The Hidden Power of Flash Components shows you how.

For those of you with just a little programming experience, this book also demonstrates how to build your own components to use and share with other developers. Whatever your aims, and regardless of your experience, soon all the power of this incredible Flash feature will be within your reach. Coverage includes:

Determining the most effective ways to leverage components

Avoiding component pitfalls

Customizing external resources for use with components

Building your own components

Building a custom UI, Live Preview, and MXP file for a component

Customizing component artwork

Using components to build games

Understanding the difference between components and SmartClips

Troubleshooting component construction and application

Using multiple components to create more complex effects

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