Flash Macro - Organizing Library using JSFL

In this tutorial we will write a jsfl file, which will convert the library into a well-organized library. Usually the designers/developers tend to ignore Library of the FLA file and end up cluttering it linearly with no folder structure.

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Flash Macro - Organizing Library using JSFL

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