Inches to Centimeters

The slider is one of the components that come with Flash CS5. We will use a slider to convert inches to centimeters. We will select the number of inches on the slider, then multiply the number of inches by 2.54 to get centimeters.
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  1. Start a new ActionScript movie.
  2. From the menu select Window, Components (Ctrl+F7)
    slider component
  3. Select the Slider and drag it to the stage.
  4. Open the property window and change the name to sldInches and the maximum to 100:
    slider properties
  5. If you want, use the free transform tool to make the slider longer.
  6. Create a text box and name it lblInches. Add a second text box named lblCM.
    label inches
  7. Write the code as shown below.
sldInches.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE,showInches);
function showInches(e:MouseEvent): void {
   lblInches.text=""+sldInches.value;
   lblCM.text=""+sldInches.value*2.54;
} //showInches
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