1 Importing Flash CS3 Assets into Flex Adobe Flash CS3 Professional creates SWF files compatible with Adobe Flash Player 9. Adobe Flex applications also support Flash Player 9, which means that you can import assets from Flash CS3 Professional to use in your Adobe Flex applications. You can create Flex controls, containers, skins, and other assets in Flash CS3 Professional, and then import those assets into your Flex application. Before you can create Flex components in Flash CS3, you must install the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3. Contents Installing the Adobe Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About importing Flash CS3 assets into Flex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Using Flash components in a Flex application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Adding view states and transitions to Flash components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Using Flash components as skins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Creating a Flash container component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Installing the Adobe Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 This section describes the system requirements and installation instructions for the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3. System requirements Your system must meet the following requirements to install the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3: · · Flex 3 Flash CS3 Professional · Adobe Extension Manager. You can download the Extension Manager from http://www.adobe.com/exchange/em_download/. Installation procedure The Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 consists of the FlexComponentKit.mxp file. Install the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 1 Install Flex. 2 Download the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 from http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_cs3_swfkit. The Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 consists of a single MXP file. 3 Double-click the MXP file to install the necessary files in Flash CS3. This file installs the SWC file that contains the classes necessary to create assets compatible with Flex, and adds the Convert Symbol to Flex Component and Convert Symbol to Flex Container options to the Flash CS3 Command menu. For more information, see "Importing dynamic SWF 9 assets" on page 3.