Programming

Veteran 4GL programmers, OO Framework gurus, and other geeks far and wide would gasp and pale if they knew what implications the title of this article brought with it. Given the combination, and the often over trusted Object Oriented promises of ActionScript 2.0, anyone with a solid programming background would be a bit surprised, at the very least, by the behavior of this 'MovieClip Monster'.

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Before you create a new component object in flash Actionscript, consider its attributes and whether the component you are intending to design is actually more than one individual component. Define each of the subcomponents, and their properties, in a separate class file so that the application is broken down properly into individual objects. This will save you a lot of headache in the long run, even though it may take a little bit more time( I promise that it will pay off, I know this from experience).