Document class question

just trying to understand the concept here.
I have a flash animation '.fla' file with it's corresponding
document class that provides the code to control it.
I want to instantiate an instance of that document class in
another class.
Do I simply put the document class and it's
corresponding'.fla' file together inside the package folder ?
Once I declare the document class as a new object within my
new class, how does the document class link to the it's
corresponding .fla animation ?
To summarize, what I am trying to do, is create a reusable
class or component from this .fla file with its document class. I
just dont know how to proceed.

more than one swf can use the same document class. but
"animation" or other timeline assets will not be shared.

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there is no possibility to create something like this, I just go
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fully loaded? maybe after the whole movie its loaded? And, if its
true, it will never show a percentage bar "while" the movie its
loaded. And if that's true WHY use a document class anyway?
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I am pretty sure you cannot do self preloader with one frame
and all the objects in the library. I guess the key here is
one-frame design. Screen refreshes (renders) only when all the
scripts in the frame are executed - this is a very important thing
to understand about how Flash works. Yes, you can force screen
refresh with updateAfterEvent() method but it is attached to a
handful of events only (MouseEvent and TimerEvent) but, again, all
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executed. Thus, it seems like the only way to create preloader from
within SWF is to use multiple frames and set library objects to
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quote:
And if that's true WHY use a document class anyway?
Well, preloader is the last thing that would be on my mind in
terms of using AS3 ability to link DocumentClass to the top movie.
This feature allows for very sophisticated architectural
approaches. It has no connection to preloader as to any other
features developer wants to implement. Neither it depends on or
negates timeline. As a matter of fact, although I love one-frame
applications, I find on numerous occasions that my application
would be more efficient if I used several (at least two) frames.
gotoAndStop is not deprecated. It is a valid MovieClip class'
method. After all, having only one frame doesn't mean not having
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it doesn't mean that frames are going anywhere.
I would agree that timeline code is inferior to
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it not OOP? Frame is an Object, right? Why using timeline is cheap
and not a solution?
On a side note, I see too many times how some authors (and
managers) are pushing their agenda (or close mindedness) onto their
audience with no real substantiation. Claiming that timeline in
Flash is not valid architectural decision from OOP standpoint is
totally wrong. As wrong as strict adherence to design patterns. I
don't think there is sharply defined "right" or "wrong" in
programming. One finds the best optimal solution. The goal is to
create something that works fine. Unless, of course, the process is
the goal - but very few of us can afford focusing on the process.

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[code]{
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[/code]
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[code]package
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