Getting Acquainted to Another's Work

I was wondering if anyone out there could offer some advice on acquainting ones self to another developer's project. Specifically, I have been charged with updating and maintaining a flash e-learning module that someone else who is no longer with the company developed and I'm wondering if you have any advice on how to go about figuring out exactly how it's all set up and how best to move forward. I've done some development from scratch but never had to start with someone else's work.
Cheers!
ali

there's no one way to decipher what another developer's done.  but if you're working with a developer's files, you're much better off than working with a designer's files.
that said, there are a lot of terrible developers out there.  to start, is there any code in a fla timeline.  if yes, is there code on more than 1 timeline?  use movie explorer to check.  if there's code on more than 1 timeline, you have my sympathy.  you'll want to learn all the ways movie explorer can help you track down code.
if the code is in classes, you're in luck.  start with the main fla's document class and go from there.  tracking where the different classes are used should be straight-forward (though it may be time-consuming).

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