In this chapter, you'll use several Adobe Flash (FLA) files and ActionScript class files to learn how to add components to a document and set their properties. This chapter also explains a few advanced topics such as using code hints, creating custom focus navigation, managing component depth, and upgrading version 1 components to version 2 of the Adobe Component Architecture.

For the samples used in this chapter, see the Flash Samples page at www.adobe.com/go/learn_fl_samples. The following samples are available:

• TipCalulator.fla
• TipCalculator.swf

This chapter covers the following topics:

• The Components panel
• Adding components to Flash documents
• Components in the Library panel
• Setting component parameters
• Sizing components
• Deleting components from Flash documents
• Using code hints
• Using ActionScript with screens
• Creating custom focus navigation
• Managing component depth in a document
• Components in Live Preview
• Using a preloader with components
• About loading components
• Upgrading version 1 components to version 2 architecture