ActionScript 2.0 :: Component, Class Or MovieClip - Structuring A Site?
Oct 20, 2005
I'm building an all Flash site, and trying to streamline my approach as much as possible. In the site, I have 3 main panes. Navigation, ContentText, and Slideshow.
I want to keep each of these areas self contained, and just call methods to make things happen. Something along these lines: slideshow.showImage, or navigation.loadData("nav.xml") or contentText.loadTextfile("about.txt").
I could make each pane a componant, or a movieClip with methods defined on the first frame, or perhaps I could use classes. I was hoping the more experienced people here might have some advice on what is the best approach to take.
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