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This chapter covers the following topics:

  • How to control movie playback

  • What the display list is, and why you should care

  • How to manipulate items on the display list

  • How to create new display items from Library symbols

  • How to load external images and SWF files

  • How to animate display items

  • How to live long and prosper

(Just kidding about that last one—you’ll want a self-help book for that.)

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© 2008 Steve Webster, Todd Yard, and Sean McSharry

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Webster, S., Yard, T. (2008). Working with the Display. In: Foundation ActionScript 3.0 with Flash CS3 and Flex. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0196-0_4

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