Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Flash CS4 Professional in 24 Hours, Fourth Edition

Chapter 18. Using Components

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS HOUR:

• How to use data providers to populate list-based components (ComboBox, List, and DataGrid)

• How to use additional user interface components

• How to integrate multiple components into practical applications

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Last hour you learned the basics of using components. Not only did you learn how to populate them with data, both manually and with ActionScript, but you also saw how to write ActionScript to respond to events such as the user clicking a button. You learned how to change the components’ visual appearance. In fact, you learned the core foundation of using components. In this hour, you go beyond that to learn how to use additional components and, more importantly, ...