Drawing using Code

by kirupa   | filed under Flash and ActionScript

Flash has always provided a graphical way of drawing shapes and lines. But, did you know that you can re-create much of the drawing functions using code itself? In this short article I will explain more about how to use the drawing classes to easily draw circles and rectangles easily.

Note

This tutorial is meant to be a revised version of the tutorial created by Ilyas for Flash MX.

First, let's start really simple and re-create the commonly used Rectangle and Circle shapes.

Drawing a Rectangle

The code for drawing a rectangle is provided below:

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