Macromedia® Flash® 8: A Tutorial Guide

Chapter 7. Basic Tasks: Create an Application

The application that you’ll create in this lesson lets users view the cost of selecting multiple products. A Calculate button then adds the total cost.

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In this tutorial, you will complete the following tasks:

Copy input and dynamic text fields	99
Name text fields	99
Add and name a Button component	100
Declare variables and values for the prices	101
Specify values for input text fields	102
Write a function	103
Write an event handler for the component	104

Set up your workspace

First, you’ll open the start file for the lesson and set up your workspace to use an optimal ...