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Macromedia Flash MX ActionScripting: Advanced Training from the Source
By Derek Franklin, Jobe Makar
Publisher	: Peachpit Press
Pub Date	: April 24, 2002
ISBN	: 0-201-77022-9
Pages	: 456
	Copyright
		CREDITS
		Introduction
			WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
			MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
		Chapter 1.  Introducing ActionScript
			WHY LEARN ACTIONSCRIPT?
			ACTIONSCRIPT ELEMENTS
			THE PLANNING PROCESS
			WRITING YOUR FIRST SCRIPT
			TESTING YOUR FIRST SCRIPT
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 2.  Using Event Handlers
			WHAT EVENT HANDLERS DO
			CHOOSING THE RIGHT EVENT HANDLER
			USING MOUSE EVENTS
			MAKING THE MOST OF ATTACHING MOUSE EVENTS TO MOVIE CLIPS
			USING FRAME EVENTS
			USING CLIP EVENTS
			ORCHESTRATING MULTIPLE EVENTS
			UNDERSTANDING EVENT HANDLER METHODS
			USING EVENT HANDLER METHODS
			USING 'LISTENERS'
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 3.  Understanding Target Paths
			UNDERSTANDING MULTIPLE TIMELINES
			TARGETING THE CURRENT MOVIE
			TARGETING THE MAIN MOVIE
			TARGETING A PARENT MOVIE
			TARGETING MOVIE CLIP INSTANCES
			TARGETING MOVIES ON LEVELS
			TARGETING MOVIE CLIP INSTANCES ON LEVELS
			UNDERSTANDING MULTIPLE IDENTITIES
			CREATING AND REFERENCING GLOBAL ELEMENTS
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 4.  Understanding and Using Objects
			WHAT OBJECTS ARE AND WHY THEY'RE USEFUL
			OBJECT TYPES
			USING THE COLOR OBJECT
			USING THE KEY OBJECT TO ADD INTERACTIVITY
			WORKING WITH STRING AND SELECTION OBJECTS
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 5.  Using Functions
			CREATING FUNCTIONS
			ADDING PARAMETERS TO FUNCTIONS
			USING LOCAL VARIABLES AND CREATING FUNCTIONS THAT RETURN RESULTS
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 6.  Customizing Objects
			UNDERSTANDING OBJECT MECHANICS
			DEFINING A CUSTOM CLASS AND CREATING INSTANCES OF THAT CLASS
			GENETICALLY PROGRAMMING AN OBJECT BY CUSTOMIZING ITS PROTOTYPE
			INSTANCE-LEVEL PROPERTIES
			CREATING SUBCLASSES
			CREATING CUSTOM METHODS FOR CUSTOM CLASSES
			WATCHING PROPERTIES
			ENHANCING EXISTING OBJECT METHODS
			DEFINING CUSTOM METHODS FOR PREBUILT OBJECTS
			REGISTERING CLASSES
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 7.  Using Dynamic Data
			CREATING VARIABLES
			CREATING ARRAYS
			CREATING DYNAMIC TEXT FIELDS AND RETRIEVING INFORMATION
			RETRIEVING THE DATA
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 8.  Manipulating Data
			DATA TYPES
			BUILDING EXPRESSIONS
			OPERATORS
			MANIPULATING NUMERICAL DATA USING MATH
			MANIPULATING STRINGS
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 9.  Using Conditional Logic
			CONTROLLING A SCRIPT'S FLOW
			DETERMINING CONDITIONS
			REACTING TO MULTIPLE CONDITIONS
			DEFINING A BOUNDARY
			TURNING POWER ON/OFF
			REACTING TO USER INTERACTION
			DETECTING COLLISIONS
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 10.  Automating Scripts with Loops
			WHY LOOPS ARE USED
			TYPES OF LOOPS
			WRITING AND UNDERSTANDING LOOP CONDITIONS
			NESTED LOOPS
			LOOP EXCEPTIONS
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 11.  Getting Data In and Out of Flash
			UNDERSTANDING DATA SOURCES AND DATA FORMATS
			GET VS. POST
			USING THE LOADVARS OBJECT
			USING SHARED OBJECTS
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 12.  Using XML with Flash
			LEARNING XML BASICS
			USING THE XML OBJECT
			INTRODUCING SOCKET SERVERS
			USING THE XMLSOCKET OBJECT
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 13.  Validating and Formatting Data
			THE LOGIC BEHIND VALIDATING DATA
			USING VALIDATION ROUTINES
			HANDLING ERRORS
			VALIDATING STRINGS
			VALIDATING SEQUENCES
			VALIDATING AGAINST A LIST OF CHOICES
			VALIDATING NUMBERS
			DYNAMIC TEXT FORMATTING WITH HTML
			CREATING AND CONTROLLING TEXT FIELDS WITH ACTIONSCRIPT
			USING TEXTFORMAT OBJECTS
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 14.  Controlling Movie Clips Dynamically
			CREATING MOVIE CLIP INSTANCES DYNAMICALLY
			USING ATTACHMOVIE()
			BUILDING CONTINUOUS-FEEDBACK BUTTONS
			USING ACTIONSCRIPT TO DYNAMICALLY DRAW LINES
			USING THE DRAW METHODS
			CREATING FILLED SHAPES DYNAMICALLY
			Z-SORTING MOVIE CLIP INSTANCES
			DRAGGING AND DROPPING MOVIE CLIP INSTANCES
			REMOVING DYNAMICALLY CREATED CONTENT
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 15.  Time- and Frame-Based Dynamism
			THE USE OF TIME IN FLASH
			DETERMINING CURRENT DATE AND TIME
			DETERMINING THE PASSAGE OF TIME
			CONTROLLING THE PLAYBACK SPEED AND DIRECTION OF A TIMELINE
			TRACKING PLAYBACK AND DOWNLOADING PROGRESSION
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 16.  Scripting for Sound
			CONTROLLING SOUND WITH ACTIONSCRIPT
			CREATING A SOUND OBJECT
			DRAGGING A MOVIE CLIP INSTANCE WITHIN A BOUNDARY
			CONTROLLING VOLUME
			CONTROLLING PANNING
			ATTACHING SOUNDS AND CONTROLLING SOUND PLAYBACK
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Chapter 17.  Loading External Assets
			WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
			THE INS AND OUTS OF LOADING EXTERNAL ASSETS
			LOADING MOVIES INTO A TARGET
			LOADING JPGS DYNAMICALLY
			CREATING AN INTERACTIVE PLACEHOLDER
			LOADING MOVIES INTO A LEVEL
			CONTROLLING A MOVIE ON A LEVEL
			LOADING MP3S DYNAMICALLY
			REACTING TO DYNAMICALLY LOADED MP3S
			WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
		Appendix A.  Resources
			derekfranklin.com
			electrotank.com
			Flashkit
			We're Here
			Ultrashock
			PocketpcFlash.Net
			MotionCulture
			Moock.org