This technical recipe is in preparation for the following music-oriented recipes. It is written for people who are not very familiar with Flash but still want to be able to accomplish the next few recipes. Here you will learn how to use pre-made buttons from Flash's Common Library. It is really very simple.
1. In Flash, create a new file by going to File | New (Cmd/Ctrl N). Select Flash File (ActionScript 3.0), and hit OK.
2. Go to Window | Common Libraries | Buttons, and a panel will appear that has a lot of folders in it. Each folder holds different buttons and the pieces (assets) that make up those buttons:
3. Click on one of the triangles to the left of a folder to open the folder. For buttons that look like play, stop, fast forward, and the like, choose a folder with playback as part of its name.
4. Click on the different buttons inside the folder to see what each looks like in the preview window at the top of the panel. There is a tiny...