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Extending Flash
FLASH OFFERS A WIDE ARRAY of features for designing and animating. As great as it is, Flash can sometimes lack some of the functionality that you might benefit from. There always seems to be some drudgery that ought to be automated or some desperately needed tools that simply don’t exist. Other than petition Adobe for these coveted new features, what’s a poor “Flasher” to do? Thankfully, since Flash MX 2004, the curious and proactive Flash user has an alternative: Flash JavaScript, or JSFL for short. JSFL is a scripting language that interfaces directly with the Flash authoring environment. In a nutshell, it allows you to create your own Flash extensions.
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