ActionScript 3.0 :: Create A Class That Can Be Reused By Declaring The Class Only Once In Fla File
Jan 1, 2010
I have been practicing and trying to understand how classes work and I was wondering if it is possible to create a class that can be reused by declearing the class only once in my fla file. Rightnow I create an instance of the class than I asign it to a MovieClip the problem is that I can only use it once and if I want to use it again I have to create another instance of the same class, something like this.
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