Flagstone Software

Flash Concepts

Transform provides an easy to use but relatively low-level API for creating Flash movies. This guide presents several concepts in Flash that you should know about before creating your first movie.

  1. Unique Identifiers - how Flash keeps track of the objects in a movie.
  2. Coordinates & Bounding Boxes - managing screen real estate.
  3. Display List covers the basics of displaying shapes, images, buttons and text.