Learning ActionScript 2. 0 for Macromedia Flash 8,9780321394156

Learning ActionScript 2. 0 for Macromedia Flash 8

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780321394156
ISBN10: 0321394151
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-01-01
Publisher(s): Macromedia Press
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Summary

Powerful development and design tools require thorough and authoritative technical advice and documentation. When it comes to Macromedia Flash, no one is more authoritative than Macromedia Development and writing teams. Now their official documentation is available to you in printed book form. As you work, keep this guide by your side for ready access to valuable information on using Flash. Wers"ve designed it so that itrs"s easy to annotate as you progress. Learning ActionScript 2.0 for Macromedia Flash 8shows you how to write proper ActionScript syntax to create useful and interactive Flash applications. This book includes examples of object-oriented programming, and teaches you how to write custom classes for your Flash applications.Learning ActionScript 2.0 for Macromedia Flash 8also includes numerous hands-on examples on how to apply expressive and interactive features to your files using ActionScript code, such as file upload, filter effects, scripted animation, and anti-alias text using the FlashType font rendering engine. InLearning Actionscript 2.0 for Macromedia Flash 8,learn how to: bull; Write proper ActionScript syntax using the fundamentals of the ActionScript language. bull; Use object-oriented programming techniques to build Flash applications. bull; Use ActionScript classes to add interactivity and expressive features to your Flash applications. bull; Use best practices and coding conventions to optimize, structure, and write consistent ActionScript.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9(1)
Intended audience
9(1)
System requirements
10(1)
Updating Flash XML files
10(1)
About the documentation
10(4)
Additional resources
14(5)
What's New in Flash 8 ActionScript
19(12)
New in ActionScript 2.0 and Flash 8
19(9)
Changes to security model for locally installed SWF files
28(3)
Writing and Editing ActionScript 2.0
31(38)
About ActionScript and events
32(2)
Organizing ActionScript code
34(2)
Using the Actions panel and Script window
36(1)
About the Actions panel
37(1)
About the Script window
38(1)
About coding in the Actions panel and Script window
39(20)
About Actions panel features
59(4)
About behaviors
63(1)
About ActionScript publish settings
64(5)
About ActionScript
69(4)
What is ActionScript
70(1)
About choosing between ActionScript 1.0 and ActionScript 2.0
71(1)
Understanding ActionScript and Flash Player
72(1)
Data and Data Types
73(44)
About data
73(1)
About data types
74(15)
About variables
89(22)
Organizing data in objects
111(2)
About casting
113(4)
Syntax and Language Fundamentals
117(88)
About syntax, statements, and expressions
118(4)
About dot syntax and target paths
122(6)
About language punctuators
128(11)
About constants and keywords
139(6)
About statements
145(22)
About arrays
167(13)
About operators
180(25)
Functions and Methods
205(26)
About functions and methods
206(21)
Understanding methods
227(4)
Classes
231(76)
About object-oriented programming and Flash
232(9)
Writing custom class files
241(3)
About working with custom classes in an application
244(25)
Example: Writing custom classes
269(13)
Example: Using custom class files in Flash
282(3)
Assigning a class to symbols in Flash
285(1)
Compiling and exporting classes
286(3)
Understanding classes and scope
289(3)
About top-level and built-in classes
292(10)
About working with built-in classes
302(5)
Inheritance
307(12)
About inheritance
307(2)
About writing subclasses in Flash
309(5)
Using polymorphism in an application
314(5)
Interfaces
319(16)
About interfaces
319(5)
Creating interfaces as data types
324(2)
Understanding inheritance and interfaces
326(2)
Example: Using interfaces
328(2)
Example: Creating a complex interface
330(5)
Handling Events
335(22)
Using event handler methods
336(2)
Using event listeners
338(3)
Using event listeners with components
341(2)
Using button and movie clip event handlers
343(5)
Broadcasting events from component instances
348(1)
Creating movie clips with button states
348(1)
Event handler scope
349(4)
Scope of the this keyword
353(1)
Using the Delegate class
353(4)
Working with Movie Clips
357(32)
About controlling movie clips with ActionScript
358(2)
Calling multiple methods on a single movie clip
360(1)
Loading and unloading SWF files
361(2)
Changing movie clip position and appearance
363(2)
Dragging movie clips
365(1)
Creating movie clips at runtime
366(4)
Adding parameters to dynamically created movie clips
370(2)
Managing movie clip depths
372(3)
About caching and scrolling movie clips with ActionScript
375(7)
Using movie clips as masks
382(2)
Handling movie clip events
384(1)
Assigning a class to a movie clip symbol
384(2)
Initializing class properties
386(3)
Working with Text and Strings
389(90)
About text fields
391(9)
About loading text and variables into text fields
400(6)
Using fonts
406(9)
About font rendering and anti-alias text
415(8)
About text layout and formatting
423(7)
Formatting text with Cascading Style Sheet styles
430(15)
Using HTML-formatted text
445(13)
Example: Creating scrolling text
458(1)
About strings and the String class
459(20)
Animation, Filters, and Drawings
479(96)
Scripting animation with ActionScript 2.0
480(10)
About bitmap caching, scrolling, and performance
490(1)
About the Tween and TransitionManager classes
491(16)
Using filter effects
507(8)
Working with filters using ActionScript
515(26)
Manipulating filter effects with code
541(4)
Creating bitmaps with the BitmapData class
545(3)
About blending modes
548(3)
About operation order
551(1)
Drawing with ActionScript
552(16)
Understanding scaling and slice guides
568(7)
Creating Interaction with ActionScript
575(30)
About events and interaction
576(1)
Controlling SWF file playback
576(4)
Creating interactivity and visual effects
580(13)
Creating runtime data bindings using ActionScript
593(9)
Deconstructing a sample script
602(3)
Working with Images, Sound, and Video
605(42)
About loading and working with external media
606(1)
Loading external SWF and image files
607(5)
About loading and using external MP3 files
612(4)
Assigning linkage to assets in the library
616(1)
About using FLV video
617(21)
About creating progress animations for media files
638(9)
Working with External Data
647(44)
Sending and loading variables
648(4)
Using HTTP to connect to server-side scripts
652(5)
About file uploading and downloading
657(9)
About XML
666(10)
Sending messages to and from Flash Player
676(4)
About the External API
680(11)
Understanding Security
691(34)
About compatibility with previous Flash Player security models
691(2)
About local file security and Flash Player
693(15)
About domains, cross-domain security, and SWF files
708(8)
Server-side policy files for permitting access to data
716(5)
HTTP to HTTPS protocol access between SWF files
721(4)
Debugging Applications
725(20)
Debugging your scripts
725(13)
Using the Output panel
738(7)
Best Practices and Coding Conventions for ActionScript 2.0
745(42)
Naming conventions
746(10)
Using comments in your code
756(3)
ActionScript coding conventions
759(16)
ActionScript and Flash Player optimization
775(2)
Formatting ActionScript syntax
777(10)
Appendix A: Error Messages
787(6)
Appendix B: Deprecated Flash 4 operators
793(2)
Appendix C: Keyboard Keys and Key Code Values
795(8)
Appendix D: Writing Scripts for Earlier Versions of Flash Player
803(4)
About targeting earlier versions of Flash Player
803(1)
Using Flash 8 to create content for Flash Player 4
804(3)
Appendix E: Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript 1.0
807(14)
About ActionScript 1.0
808(2)
Creating a custom object in ActionScript 1.0
810(1)
Assigning methods to a custom object in ActionScript 1.0
811(1)
Defining event handler methods in ActionScript 1.0
812(3)
Creating inheritance in ActionScript 1.0
815(1)
Adding getter/setter properties to objects in ActionScript 1.0
816(1)
Using Function object properties in ActionScript 1.0
817(4)
Appendix F: Terminology
821(8)
Index 829

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