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CHAPTER 5

Using Metadata Tags in 
Custom Components

You insert metadata tags into your MXML and ActionScript files to provide information to 
the Flex compiler. Metadata tags do not get compiled into executable code, but provide 
information to control how portions of your code get compiled.

This topic describes the metadata tags that you use when creating components in MXML and 
ActionScript. Flex 2 Developer’s Guide contains information about additional metadata tags 
that you use when creating an application, such as the 

[Embed]

 metadata tag. For more 

information on the 

[Embed]

 metadata tag, see Chapter 30, “Embedding Assets,” in Flex 2 

Developer’s Guide.

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