The Components Panel; Adding Components To Flash Documents - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING COMPONENTS Use Manual

The Components panel

All components in the user-level configuration/Components directory are displayed in the
Components panel. (For more information about this directory, see
stored" on page
To display the Components panel:
•
Select Window > Development Panels > Components.
To display components that were installed after Flash started up:
Select Window > Development Panels > Components.
1.
Select Reload from the Components panel menu.
2.

Adding components to Flash documents

When you drag a component from the Components panel to the Stage, a compiled clip (SWC)
symbol is added to the Library panel. Once a compiled clip symbol is in the library, you can drag
multiple instances to the Stage. You can also add that component to a document at runtime by
using the
UIObject.createClassObject()
Adding components during authoring
You can add a component to a document by using the Components panel, and then add
additional instances of the component to the document by dragging the component from the
Library panel to the Stage. You can set properties for additional instances in the Parameters tab of
the Property inspector or in the Parameters tab in the Component inspector.
To add a component to a Flash document by using the Components panel:
Select Window > Development Panels > Components.
1.
Do one of the following:
2.
Drag a component from the Components panel to the Stage.
Double-click a component in the Components panel.
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