Hi Ned,
Thanks for the suggestion, but when I look at the Properties panel in Flash CS4 for my fla file I don't see any mention of a Document Class. All I see are an FPS setting and size and background colour settings for the stage.

David

With the help of your link, I've now found where document class info would be provided if there was any. Rather confusingly, that panel has the title of Properties and then a section within it also called Properties, which is where I looked before. The box containing any class references is simply labelled Class and is in the section called Publish.

Unfortunately, however, this Class box is greyed out as it is only supported by projects that target Flash Player 9 and ActionScript 3.0. My application uses AS2 and is targeted at Flash Player 8. The reference to my external AS2 file must therefore be stored somewhere else.

After various Import statements, the first line of my external AS2 file is as follows,

class net.lucidstudios.KIZoomSlideshow extends MovieClip {

There is one scene in the fla file and a handful of objects in the library, most of which are just symbols such as play, pause, next and previous. There is no embedded movieclip as the whole purpose of the application is to display external images referenced from an xml file.

I will check through each of the library items once again but I didn't see anything the first time. However, I am a Flash newbie and am a little vague about how best to search for code attachments. I have assumed that you do this via Actions but all I ever see there is the code associated with Scene 1. Where do you find code that is not linked to the timeline?  

Found it!

The class reference was in the Linkage section of the Symbol Properties panel for one of the library objects. Needless to say, it was the very last item in the library list. Is all this repetitive clicking on object after object really the only way to find such references? Is there no global search that will find such things?

Thanks, Ned, for sticking with it. You got me there in the end and your assistance is much appreciated.

David

Unfortunately, the Movie Explorer window does not show class references of the type under discussion. I guess an alternative way to reference this external file might be via an include statement in an action, which would make it a lot easier to find than when it is hidden in the properties box of a library symbol.

However, the Movie Explorer appears to be a useful facility for finding and searching timeline actions so thanks for bringing it to my attention. I used it for a brief exploration of another fla file with lots of code scattered all over the place.

Thanks again for all your help.

David