Flash components... crap?

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    I know what you mean, but if you want like a scroll pane then to just drag and drop the on eout of the compnenets menu is really rather cool once you realise how easy it can be..

    I got a great heirachichal menu from somewhere (cant recall where =(, literally all I do is specify XML source, menu font, color, etc, and its working, sweet as..

    I actually find that components can make the suthoring environment a little unstable, and cause crashes and freezes from time to time (luckily I do ctrl+s in my sleep), and it can be a bitch goiung through some of the internal comp. AS to tweak it yourself, but hell, they're quick, mostly free and usually work quite well, the only drawback being that some simple comps. can be pretty weighty, and they all export linkage on the 1st frame, so tweaks and magic aside it can be a bitch demoing one to a client on dial-up.
    And AOL.
    AND who's got a 'mate whos a cheap web designer, and HE says....'
    But thats another thread.

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