How to add ActionScript 3.0 code to a brand new .fla Flash project?

Question

I am just trying to add a "Hello World" or a program that draw a circle to a brand new project in Flash Professional CS5.

So the project file is has a .fla extension

And I think the code is supposed to be added to the "action" of frame 1? But I don't see any place where I can open up a box to type in any code? How can that be done?

Thanks.

Answer 1

To open the actions panel, hit F9. You can also use an external class, linked to your .fla, as shown in this article. It's written for CS3, but i think it'll work on CS5.