Yep - just to reiterate (and hopefully make it more clear):
The line: import com.fred.MyClass; Is _not enough_ to get Flash to compile MyClass into your .swf file. You need to actually _reference_ MyClass for it to be included. e.g. var a:MyClass=new MyClass(); In fact, import is _nothing to do_ with getting Flash to include compiled code into a .swf. All import does is to tell the compiler that whenever you refer to a class by a short name (MyClass) that it doesn't know anything about, it should check through the list of imports and try and match it up with one of them; and when it gets a successful match it should use the full package name and class. It's kind of "when I _say_ MyClass, I really _mean_ com.fred.MyClass, but can't be bothered typing it" That's all. :-) And that's why import com.fred.*; works. The compiler is just using that line (when you refer to a class by it's short name later on) to do a simple pattern match to try to work out what the package name for the class really is. import com.fred.* doesn't include all the _code_ of com.fred.*. It just means "when I mention a class you haven't heard of before and can't find, check it against everything under com.fred". If it _did_ include all the code, your swfs would be bloated beyond belief. It's the actual usage of references to the object - declaration, instantiation, method calling - that makes Flash's equivalent of a linker include the compiled code for the class into the SWF. This is demonstrated when you are trying to instantiate classes via something like ClassFinder (http://dynamicflash.com/2005/03/class-finder/) and only ever referring to them using string names rather than actually referring to them directly in code. You'll find that you _can't_ instantiate the classes, even if you put in import lines for them - Flash hasn't worked out you need them in your .swf. So you need to actually put references to them into the code - normally doing something like: import com.fred.MyDynamicClass; var a:MyDynamicClass; is enough to make sure the linker works it all out and it's included. Hope that makes it clearer, Ian On 5/25/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I see - gotcha. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Technology Solutions
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