ActionScripting in Flash MX (VOICES)

Phillip Kerman, New Riders Press

ISBN:0735712956, Edition: 1, 2002-07-29

Price: $39.99

• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Tell Us What You Think
• Foreword
• Part I: Foundation
  • Chapter 1. Flash Basics
    • Timeline Hierarchy
    • Script Locations
    • Always Movie Clips
    • Coordinate System
    • Tricks of the Trade
    • Summary
  • Chapter 2. What's New in Flash MX
    • General Enhancements
    • Features for Programmers
    • Book Conventions and Expectations
    • Summary
  • Chapter 3. The Programmer's Approach
    • Specification
    • Prototyping
    • Good Style
    • Code Data Separation
    • Summary
  • Chapter 4. Basic Programming in Flash
    • Terminology, Special Characters, and Formatting
    • Data Types and Variables
    • Using Variables
    • Dot Syntax
    • Summary
  • Chapter 5. Programming Structures
    • Statements, Expressions, and Operators
    • Simple Objects in Statements
    • Conditional and Loop Statements
    • Applied Expression Writing
    • Summary
  • Chapter 6. Debugging
    • General Approaches to a Bug-Free Life
    • Using the Debugger
    • Summary
  • Chapter 7. The Movie Clip Object
    • Properties of Clips
    • Variables in Clips (or 'Homemade Properties')
    • Methods of Clips
    • Referencing Clips and Addressing
    • Summary
  • Chapter 8. Functions
    • How to Use Functions
    • Creating Homemade Functions
    • Applying Functions to Previous Knowledge
    • Summary
  • Chapter 9. Manipulating Strings
    • String Object Form
    • Methods of the String Object Explored
    • Summary
  • Chapter 10. Keyboard Access and Modifying Onscreen Text
    • The Two 'Text' Objects: TextField and TextFormat
    • Selection Object
    • Key Object
    • Summary
  • Chapter 11. Arrays
    • Array Overview
    • Array Creation and Manipulation
    • Loops
    • Associative Arrays
    • Summary
  • Chapter 12. Objects
    • Formal Rules of Objects
    • Attaching Sounds
    • Attaching Colors to Clips
    • The Date Object
    • Implications for Movie Clips
    • Summary
  • Chapter 13. Homemade Objects
    • Basic Objects
    • A Practical Example of Homemade Objects
    • Summary
  • Chapter 14. Extending ActionScript
    • Callback Functions
    • Registering Custom Classes
    • Listeners and Watchers
    • Overriding Built-In Methods
    • Setting Scripts to Trigger on Schedule
    • Summary
  • Chapter 15. Components
    • Components Overview
    • Replacing the Component Parameters Panel (or the Properties Panel's Parameter Tab) with a Custom UI
    • Summary
  • Chapter 16. Interfacing with External Data
    • External Scripts
    • Setting Flash Variables from Within HTML
    • External Data Files
    • Server Scripts
    • XML
    • Local SharedObjects
    • The LocalConnection Object
    • Summary
• Part II: Workshops
  • {Workshop} Introduction
• Part IIA: Basic Workshops
  • Workshop Chapter 1. Ensuring That Users Have the Flash Player 6
  • Workshop Chapter 2. Creating Custom Cursors
  • Workshop Chapter 3. Creating a Horizontal Slider
    • Creating a Quick-and-Dirty Slider
    • Converting the Slider into a Component
    • Summary
  • Workshop Chapter 4. Building a Slide Show
  • Workshop Chapter 5. Mapping and Scripted Masks
  • Workshop Chapter 6. Working with Odd-Shaped Clickable Areas
  • Workshop Chapter 7. Adapting Built-In Components
    • Populating Components
    • Editing Scripts in Components
    • Skinning a Component
• Part IIB: Intermediate Workshops
  • Workshop Chapter 8. Creating a Currency-Exchange Calculator
  • Workshop Chapter 9. Creating a ToolTip Component
  • Workshop Chapter 10. Creating Timers
    • Creating a Digital Timer
    • Creating an Analog Timer
    • Creating a Countdown Timer
    • Summary
  • Workshop Chapter 11. Using Math to Create a Circular Slider
  • Workshop Chapter 12. Developing Time-Based Animations
• Part IIC: Advanced Workshops
  • Workshop Chapter 13. Drawing Graphs
    • Using the Drawing Methods
    • Dynamic Text Labeling
  • Workshop Chapter 14. Offline Production
  • Workshop Chapter 15. Creating a Dynamic Slide Presentation
  • Workshop Chapter 16. Using the Local SharedObject to Remember User Settings
  • Workshop Chapter 17. Using the LocalConnection Object for Inter-Movie Communication
  • Workshop Chapter 18. Fixing Broken Scripts
    • Card Flip
    • Card Snap
    • Circle Move
    • Multiple Choice
    • Rotating Box
    • Word Float
    • Yellow Box
    • Click and Hold
    • Objects
    • Move Multiple
    • Summary