Global Functions - Adobe FLEX 2-MIGRATING APPLICATIONS TO FLEX 2 Manual

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Global functions

Most global functions have changed packages. In addition, they are no longer implicitly
imported. This section describes some changes to the global functions.
Explicit imports
In most cases, you must import the classes to use global functions. For example, to use
functions in the System.* package, you now import flash.system.*. The global functions in
System.* were previously accessible in your
The following table lists common functions that you must now explicitly add an
statement to use:
Function
ContextMenu
EventDispatcher
LocalConnection
MovieClip
PopUpManager
XML
For more information on what packages global functions are in, see the global function's entry
in ActionScript 3.0 Language Reference.
The function is an exception. It is in the flash.util package, but is implicitly
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imported.
34 ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0
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import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
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import flash.net.LocalConnection;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
import flash.xml.XMLNode;
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