December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
192h 4m
English
Content preview from ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
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Chapter 16: ActionScript Authoring Environment
Professional Component Distribution Features
For advanced developers and third parties distributing custom code libraries as com-
ponents, Flash MX provides a series of features designed to give components a pro-
fessional polish. These features, outlined next, are described in detail in the article,
“Creating Components in Macromedia Flash MX,” available at:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/applications/creating_comps/
The features are also discussed in Macromedia’s updated Flash MX documentation,
available at:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/doc_update_mx.htm
Component description
A component description can be added to the Flash MX Reference panel and the
Actions panel Toolbox via plain text or an XML file.
Custom component icon
A component’s default icon can be changed to a preset icon (available in the
Component Definition box) or a custom icon (supplied as a BMP or PNG file in
the component .fla file Library). The icon appears next to the component in the
Library, Components panel, and Movie Explorer.
Components panel tooltip
A tooltip can be added to components displayed in the Components panel. A
tooltip offers a one-line description of the component when the user points to it
with the mouse.
Component live ...
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