I'm working on a pure AS3 project in FlexBuilder 3. All graphical assets
are provided as symbols (with no AS code) in a library swf, exported as this
example: symbol Name: cloud01, Class: cloud01, Base class:
flash.display.MovieClip. The corresponding class looks like this:
package com.my.package
{
[Embed(source="/path/to/library.swf", symbol="cloud01")]
public class Cloud01 extends Cloud
{
public function Cloud01()
{
super();
}
}
}
Most of these ultimately derive from a custom Animation class whose API
allows various manipulations of the playhead.
Since the assets are all embedded, trying out new versions of the animations
requires recompilation. It is desirable to get around that requirement so
the animators themselves, not programmers, can make a new library swf using
the Flash IDE and see the effects. I haven't found anything that works yet,
although there have been hints in the big fat Moock book (p.795) and in
Grant Skinner's blog that it is possible to load these assets at run time
and have them come in as instances of the desired types.
Any help?
Thanks,
-A
