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Creating Components with Flash MX 2004

This is an excellent article on creating components by Joey Lott. It gives a good overview of creating components and just enough in depth information for you to create your own solely from the this one article.

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Don't let the idea of writing a custom component intimidate
you. Although components may appear very complex, they are really just fancy
movie clips. You know how to work with movie clips, and so even if you don't
yet know it, you also know how to write a custom component. There is only one
caveat: You do need to be familiar with writing ActionScript 2.0 classes. If
you don't yet know how to write an ActionScript 2.0 class, then you'll want
to make sure to read the ActionScript 2.0 primer series at...
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