MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH, Manual

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814 Index
classes
about built-in 227
accessing built-in properties 297
and ASO files 282
and constructor functions 268
and inheritance 301
and instance variables 272
and polymorphism 308
and scope 262, 283
as blueprints 229
as data types 226
assigning to an instance in Flash 279
assigning to movie clips 378
benefit of using 227
best practices for writing 264
built-in and top-level 286
calling built-in object methods 298
class members 250
classpaths 240
compared to interfaces 314
compared with packages 229
compiler resolving references 243
compiling and exporting 280
controlling member access 273
creating a class file 244
creating a new instance of built-in class 296
creating an instance of 278
creating and packaging 266
creating dynamic 259
defined 296
documenting 274
encapsulation 261
excluding built-in classes 298
flash.display classes 292
flash.external classes 292
flash.filters classes 293
flash.geom classes 294
flash.net classes 294
flash.text classes 295
getter/setter methods 255
importing 239
importing and packaging 276
inheritance example 304
initializing properties at runtime 379
instantiation 226
methods and properties 245
mx.lang classes 295
naming class files 265
organizing in packages 228
overriding methods and properties 306
preloading 299
private methods and properties 248
properties of 247
public, private, and static methods and properties
247
resolving class references 243
scoping 750
static members of built-in classes 298
static methods and properties 249
superclass 303
System and TextField classes 295
top-level 288
using custom classes in Flash 276
using getter/setter methods 256
working with built-in 296
working with custom 238
writing a subclass 303
writing custom 235
writing custom example 263
writing methods and properties 270
See also classes, built-in
classpath
about 63, 70
defined 240
delete directory from 242
document level 242
global 242
modifying 63
search order of 243
clone() method
about 533
using 533
code
displaying line numbers 52
examples, copying and pasting 13
formatting 50, 51
selecting a line 721
stepping through lines 722
word wrapping 52
code hints 45
about 44
manually displaying 47
specifying settings for 45
triggering 45, 48, 50
using 45
coding conventions
ActionScript 745
components 742