11.8. Building panels with ActionScript 3
We've spent most of the chapter looking at how to create Flash panels using ActionScript 2. ActionScript 2 is more accessible for most hobbyist programmers than ActionScript 3, and you'll find most examples of Flash panels available online today have been authored with ActionScript 2 (either because they were authored prior to ActionScript 3, or because ActionScript 2 is more accessible). However, many of the panels that ship with Fireworks CS4 have been reauthored using Flex and ActionScript 3. In this section, we'll first show you how to use ActionScript 3 in Flash to author custom panels, and then introduce you to Flex panel authoring.
11.8.1. Creating ActionScript 3 panels in Flash
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