String'n together combos isn't always as fun as doing them in a fighting videogame.

If you write script that has a lot String content mixed with variables, I'm sure you're doing a lot of heavy concatenation.
Building string combos with quotes and apostrophes sprinkled all over a script gets confusing. The way I like to keep this confusion to a minimum is to write my static markup separately. This allows me to make sure it shows up as intended. Then I concatenate my variables in all the places that need to have dynamic content.

Taking static markup or script and wrapping quotes around every line is a chore so I made this Concatenation Tool to help with that.

Currently I've only made this support languages I'm using mostly. If I have to use a new language I'd just add it in.
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I use Flex for the majority of my Flash related work, even for writing plain ActionScript. Lately I've barely even used the Flash authoring environment to create stuff. When I do use the Flash authoring environment, it's mostly for automation and prep work of content. If you are like me, you write JSFL to do that stuff.

I love automating redundant tasks. One thing that bugs me when importing graphical assets to Flash's stage is having to resize the document to what I imported. I like that I can do this by going to the Document Properties and setting the document to match the content size, but if I have to do this each time I import/export content it becomes a irksome chore. I write JSFL scripts that run tasks on multiple files, having a "match contents" function would be useful to me in my case...maybe to you as well. I do not see a JSFL way to do this. (Maybe there is and I had a brain fart?). Until then, here is a script I wrote to do it in JSFL...
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When creating a new symbol for MovieClips and other instances you must give them a name a second time again in the Properties panel. For me this can be annoying sometimes. (I name my instances the name I plan to later identify them with actionscript.)

Here is a modification of the "findObjects" I posted earlier. This is handy if you are the type of person that names your symbol items with names you intend to use as their instance name as well.

Maybe you will find this useful or know improvements, either way let me know your thoughts.
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