MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH manuals

Macromedia FLASH 8-FLASH Specifications (290 pages)

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Table of contents

Flash Tutorials

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Contents

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Contents 5

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Contents 7

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Contents 9

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10 Contents

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Introduction

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12 Introduction

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Basic Tasks: Create a

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Document

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FLA files for your reference

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Undo changes

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View the Timeline

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Change background and Stage

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Change your view of the Stage

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View the Library panel

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Add graphics to the Stage

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Add video

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View object properties

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Add video control behaviors

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Test the document

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Find help

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■ View object properties

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■ Add video control behaviors

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■ Find help

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Basic Tasks: Creating a

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Open the finished FLA file

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Creating a new document

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Changing document properties

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Importing graphics

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Importing graphics 35

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Introducing layers and the

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Creating a new layer

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Importing to a layer

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Summary 41

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Adding text

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Adding text 47

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Creating a symbol

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Creating a button

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Creating a button 57

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Writing simple actions

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■ Create text

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■ Create symbols

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■ Create an animation

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■ Create buttons

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■ Write ActionScript

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Open the finished project

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Review the completed project

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Close the completed project

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Considering your audience

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Inserting Flash on a

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Dreamweaver site

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Using roundtrip editing

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Checking for Flash Player

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Checking for Flash Player 75

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Summary 77

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Flash Content

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Provide a document title and

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Specify that screen readers

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Index text box

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About testing your document

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Basic Tasks: Work with

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Select a layer

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Hide and show layers

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Lock a layer

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Add and name a layer

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Change the order of layers

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Organize layers in a folder

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Add a mask layer

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Add a guide layer

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Delete a layer

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Basic Tasks: Create an

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Application

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Copy input and dynamic text

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Name text fields

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Add and name a Button

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Write a function

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Test your application

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Basic Tasks: Use Layout

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Set up your workspace

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Use guides to align an object

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Change the Stage size

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Resize objects to match the

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Stage size

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Align an object using the

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Snap objects to each other

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Summary 115

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Basic Tasks: Create

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Symbols and Instances

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About creating symbols

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Create a graphic symbol

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Modify a symbol

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Create a movie clip symbol

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Summary 123

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Basic Tasks: Add Button

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Animation and Navigation

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Create a button from grouped

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Name a button instance

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Align buttons

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Add an action to a button

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Add navigation to a button

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Test the SWF file

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CHAPTER 11

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View screen properties

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Add and name a slide

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Select and move slides

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Add content to a new slide

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Add transition behaviors

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Test your presentation

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Creating Graphics: Draw

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Select a shape tool

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Select options to create a

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Draw a polygon

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Rotate the shape

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Use the cutout feature

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Transform the shape of your

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Copy strokes

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Draw with the Line tool

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Group the shape

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Creating Graphics: Create a

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Timeline Animation

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Create a motion tween

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Create a shape tween

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Change the speed of the

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Creating Graphics: Making

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Animations with Easing

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(Flash Professional only)

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Open the authoring document

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Review the completed FLA file

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Open the starter document

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Open the starter document 167

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Use easing controls

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Open the starter document 169

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Open the starter document 171

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Open the starter document 173

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Open the starter document 175

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Test the application

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Creating Graphics:

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Applying Gradients

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Apply a linear gradient

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Create a radial gradient

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Create a radial gradient 185

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Apply the finishing touches

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(Flash Professional Only)

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Review your task

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Apply filters and blends

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Apply a filter

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Apply filters and blends 197

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Text: Add Text to a

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■ For Font, select Arial

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■ For Font Size, enter 13

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Select device fonts

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Add an input text field

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Copy a text field

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Create a dynamic text field

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Specify format options

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View ActionScript for the

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Check spelling

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ActionScript: Use Script

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Assist mode

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Close the completed FLA file

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Script Assist mode

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ActionScript: Write

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Scripts

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Name button instances

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Initialize the document

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Apply ActionScript syntax

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Add comments to ActionScript

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Write a function for a button

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Copy and modify a button

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Check syntax and test your

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ActionScript: Add

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Interactivity

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Add a scene

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Move between scenes

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Control the document with a

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Link a button to a scene

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Add navigation to return to

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Play a movie clip

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Play a movie clip 241

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Unload the movie clip

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Test your document

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■ Create a new scene

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Conditional Logic and Send

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Add an error message

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Add a confirmation message

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Add a stop() action

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Submit button

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Pass data out of a SWF file

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Test your SWF file

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ActionScript: Work with

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Objects and Classes

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Create an object from a class

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Modify your script

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Create a custom class

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Build a custom class

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Create two objects from the

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Product class

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Instance

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11. Test the Shape.fla file

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Data Integration: Overview

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Data Integration: Using the

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Macromedia Tips

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Web Service

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ComboBox

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<products_cb>

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Timesheet (Flash

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Professional Only)

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Create the user interface

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Create the user interface 279

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Create the user interface 281

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Create the user interface 283

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Create the user interface 285

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Edit the data

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Update the Timesheet

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Update the timesheet

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Update the timesheet 289

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