Macromedia Flash 8 Bible

How to Add a Component

You can add a component to your Stage in the following ways:

1. Open the Components panel by going to Window ð Components or by pressing Ctrl+F7 or z+F7.

2. Add a component to the Stage by:

   • Double-clicking: You can double-click a component and it will be added to the center of your Document window's workspace.

   • Dragging: You can add an instance by clicking the component icon and dragging it onto the Stage.

After your component is on the Stage, you can modify its parameters and properties manually in various panels or by using ActionScript code on objects or keyframes in a timeline.

You can also add a component to your movie by using the MovieClip.attachMovie() method in ActionScript after the instance is added to your library. An example of adding a Button component to the Stage and setting a few properties using ActionScript is as follows. (This code uses standard ActionScript 1.0 syntax.)

var cbt = attachMovie("Button", "cbt ", 1);
cbt.label = "Music";

This creates an instance of a push button, labeled "Music," on the stage. You can also use ActionScript 2.0 to create a new component instance:

import mx.controls.Button;
var cbt:Button = createClassObject(Button, "cbt", 1, {label: "Test Button"});