How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4

Interlude

Objects, Objects Everywhere

WHEN PROGRAMMING IN FLASH, it’s helpful to think in terms of something called objects. In the real world, an object is generally defined as a material thing, something you can hold in your hands, observe and possibly manipulate, like a Rubik’s cube. As often as not, you’ll find that multiple copies of a particular object can exist at the same time. For example, you might belong to a Rubik’s fan club, where each member brings a cube to weekly meetings in order to see who can solve the puzzle the fastest. On one level, everyone’s cube is the same; and yet, everyone’s cube is also unique. Each cube can be jumbled into millions of configurations, even though all are made in the same way from the same parts. ...