ACTIONSCRIPT 3 Developer’s Guide en

ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 DEVELOPER’S GUIDE
How to Use ActionScript Examples
WordSearch (“Mouse input example: WordSearch” on page 576)
Practical examples are also found with many of the Quick Start articles in the Flash Developer Center and Flex
Developer Center.
Running ActionScript 3.0 examples in Flash Professional
Use one of the following procedures (depending on example type) to run an example using Flash Professional.
Running a code snippet example in Flash Professional
To run a code snippet example in Flash Professional:
1 Select File > New.
2 In the New Document dialog box, select Flash Document, and click OK.
A new Flash window is displayed.
3 Click on the first frame of the first layer in the Timeline panel.
4 In the Actions panel, type or paste the code snippet example.
5 Select File > Save. Give the file a name and click OK.
6 To test the example, select Control > Test Movie.
Running a class-based example in Flash Professional
To run a class-based example in Flash Professional:
1 Select File > New.
2 In the New Document dialog box, select ActionScript File, and click OK. A new editor window is displayed.
3 Copy the class-based example code and paste it into the editor window.
If the class is the main document class for the program, it must extend the MovieClip class:
import flash.display.MovieClip;
public class Example1 extends MovieClip{
//...
}
Also make sure that all the classes referenced in the example are declared using import statements.
4 Select File > Save. Give the file the same name as the class in the example (e.g. ContextMenuExample.as).
Note: Some of the class-based examples, such as the flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController class example,
include multiple levels in the package declaration (package flashx.textLayout.container.examples {). For
these examples, save the file in a sub folder that matches the package declaration
(flashx/textLayout/container/examples), or remove the package name (so the ActionScript starts with package {
only) and you can test the file from any location.
5 Select File > New.
6 In the New Document dialog box, select Flash Document (ActionScript 3.0), and click OK. A new Flash window is
displayed.
7 In the Properties panel, in the Document Class field, enter the name of the example class, which should match the
name of the ActionScript source file you just saved (e.g. ContextMenuExample).
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