Flash MX 2004 Games : Art to ActionScript

Flash MX 2004 Games
As the stars pass the maximum height they explode, with the number of stars in the explosion
defined using the ‘subStarTotal’ parameter.
Figure 9.5 Defining Component Parameters
To define the parameters that appear in the Components Parameters panel, right-click on the
movie clip in the Library panel and select ‘Component Definition’. You will see a dialog box like
the one in Figure 9.5. Here you can set the name of the variable, what its default value will be, the
value it takes just by a drag and drop without the user setting any specific values, and the type of
variable. The new architecture of v2 components allows you to hide the complexity completely
using separate class files and compiled components, so that the contents cannot be altered. In this
example we use a simpler technique that is still very effective. By changing the variable values,
the code inside the movie clip that uses these values is affected. The ‘starTotal’ and ‘subStarTotal’
parameters are used by repeat loops inside the clip. Here is an example:
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for (i=0; i