AS3

To use an object in the script:
Convert to symbol > Name it > tick "Export for action script"

Double click on it in the library

add a new layer and call it script or something

Right click on the keyframe > select actions now you are controlling the functionality of the object. Additional scripts will be written in other objects and in the main timeline itself. Create a separate layer for the script. On the main timelines script LOCK IT. All the object uoi add should have their own layer and shouldn't interfere with the main script.

Shapes and Objects

Flash has 2 drawing modes: Merge and Object

Object drawn in these modes can share the same layer and frame.

Merge: Merge drawings are called shapes, Smaller file size, good for web and smart phones, an overlapping shape will cut out the shape beneath it.

Object: Object mode is more like working in Illustrator

 Depressed. 

Convert an object to a merge shape: Modify > Break Apart

Convert the mess you made into an object: Modify > Combine Objects > Union

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