MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING COMPONENTS Use Manual page 928

Editing the movie clip
After you create the new symbol and define the linkages for it, you can define the component's
assets in the symbol's Timeline.
A component's symbol should have two layers. This section describes what layers to insert and
what to add to those layers.
To edit the movie clip:
Rename Layer 1 Actions and select Frame 1.
1.
Open the Actions panel and add a
2.
stop();
Do not add any graphical assets to this frame.
Add a Layer named Assets.
3.
On the Assets layer, select Frame 2 and insert a blank keyframe.
4.
There are now two blank keyframes in this layer.
Do one of the following:
5.
If the component has visual assets that define the bounding area, drag the symbols into
Frame 1 and arrange them appropriately.
If your component creates all its visual assets at runtime, drag a BoundingBox symbol to the
Stage in Frame 1, size it correctly, and name the instance boundingBox_mc. The symbol is
located in the library of the StandardComponents.fla that is located in the First Run/
ComponentFLA folder.
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function, as follows:
stop()