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Actionscript Salon #14: Play(!)

There is a schism in the Flash world.

Designers want to lay all their animations out on the timeline.

Developers (and particularly developers coming from outside Flash) want everything in predictable places - often in just a few frames, or maybe only one.

As a developer, I'm expected to fall into the latter category (and to a large extent I do). But Flash's multiple timelines are a powerful feature, and getting a handle on when to let the play head run loose is something every developer should know.

So if you're ready, let's PLAY(!)

Relevance/availability: This material was developed in Flash MX 2004 (Flash Player 7), but is very conceptual in nature. The concepts are relevant to any version of Flash.