The collections of graphics that create each control are grouped in a movie clip. Click the various graphics and view the selected items. Notice right away that all the control graphics are spread out across the Stage.Remember that your goal is to keep the supplied instance names and file structure the same. Take a few moments to explore the FLA file.You can save the FLA anywhere you like on your hard drive. The SWF file produced from this FLA will be placed in the Configuration folder. Note that you don’t have to save the FLA file in this location. Save the FLA file in the ConfigurationSkinFLA folder with a new name.

This is the view of the SkinFLA folder as seen in Windows XP. Choose a skin that comes close to what you have in mind and open the skin FLA file in Flash.įigure 6. You should be looking at FLA files for each of the prebuilt skin SWF files (see Figure 6). Assuming that you have Flash Professional 8 installed, go to the Flash 8 application folder and open the ConfigurationSkinFLA folder.The following steps will get you started: The FLA files for the default set of skins are located in the Flash 8 application folder in the ConfigurationSkinFLA folder on your hard drive. Start by creating a copy of one of the prebuilt skin SWF files that comes with Flash Professional 8. The easiest way to create a new skin SWF file is to copy an existing one and modify it. See the Flash Help documentation for more details (Using Flash > About 9-Slice Scaling and Movie Clip Symbols). In addition, a skin SWF is designed to be scalable using the new Flash 8 movie clip scaling features.

Creating a custom skin SWF will save you a lot of time by combining predesigned custom controls, ActionScript code for extended functionality, and the use of the Select Skins dialog box for applying the skin.

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