# Precoded Components

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/precoded-components/312059>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 24, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/precoded-components/312059 "2010-07-24T00:32:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![mgriffen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@mgriffen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mgriffen)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/precoded-components/312059/1 "2010-07-24T00:32:47Z")

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I’m an aspiring Flash designer (trained in print and limited web (xhtml/css/php), and am frankly quite confused regarding precoded components (Flash-external). Basically, I’ve learned a great deal of actionscript 3 in the last 6 months (gone through 2 books, innumerable tutorials, etc.), and while I feel I get the basics as well as some more complex tasks, I’ve already found myself needing to use a couple of precoded components due to their complexity. While I did tweak the code for my uses, this still feels like cheating; but the job had to be done.

I would love to say that one day I’ll have a complete understanding of all things actionscript, but even if I can achieve this, it’ll definitely be a good while away. In any case, my question is really just how often do those more seasoned Flash designers out there use these?