Re: FLASH: Function Deprecated

[John Dowdell]

At 11:32 AM 9/28/0, EchoDotCom Designs. wrote:

> Does this mean that later versions of flash will not have

> the functions the book labels as deprecated?


When something is deprecated, support isn't usually immediately removed...

you'll note that the old "Tell Target" still generally works.


Going into the future, though, design and testing time won't be devoted to

deprecated features... they may work for awhile, but I wouldn't plan on

them being as reliable as actual documented, supported, and recommended

features.


(Why is TellTarget deprecated? Because the scripting model in SWF is now

ECMAScript, the defined form of JavaScript. There are different ways to

address objects in ECMAScript. TellTarget still works, but direct

addressing and "with" are the ways to go these days.)


jd





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