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Macromedia® Flash® Professional 8 UNLEASHED
By David Vogeleer, Eddie Wilson, Lou Barber
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Publisher: Sams
Pub Date: October 12, 2005
ISBN: 0-672-32761-9
Pages: 1008

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Author
		About the Contributing Authors
		Acknowledgments
		We Want to Hear from You!
		Reader Services
		Introduction
		Part I.  Getting Started
			Chapter 1.  What's New?
				The Interface
				The Fastest Flash Player Ever
				Blending
				Filters
				Stroke Improvements
				Video in Flash
				New Dynamic Content
				BitmapData
				File Upload
				Summary
			Chapter 2.  Getting Started with Flash Professional 8
				Humble BeginningsWhere Flash Came From
				The Interface
				Preferences
				Shortcuts
				Making a Better Workspace
				Summary
			Chapter 3.  Creating Graphics in Flash
				The Toolbar
				Colors and Gradients
				Grouping and Drawing Objects
				Importing and Working with Bitmaps
				Summary
			Chapter 4.  Flash Animation
				Welcome to the Timeline
				Frame by Frame
				Tweening
				Summary
			Chapter 5.  Symbols, Instances, and the Library
				What Is a Symbol?
				What Is an Instance?
				The Graphic Symbol
				The Button Symbol
				The Movie Clip Symbol
				The Library
				Back to the Timeline
				Summary
			Chapter 6.  Working with Sound and Video
				Why Sound?
				Adding Sound
				Sound in the Properties Inspector
				Syncing and Looping
				Compressing Sound
				Sound with ActionScript
				Video in Flash
				Summary
			Chapter 7.  Publishing
				The Publish Settings
				Publishing Profiles
				The Formats Tab
				Flash Player 8 and SWFs
				The Flash Tab
				The HTML Tab
				The GIF Tab
				The PNG Tab
				The JPEG Tab
				The QuickTime Tab
				Summary
		Part II.  ActionScript
			Chapter 8.  Welcome to ActionScript 2.0
				What Is ActionScript?
				Object-Oriented Programming
				Where Do Objects Come From?
				Prototyping an Object
				Introduction to ActionScript 2.0
				Strict Data Typing Variables
				Strict Data Typing with Functions
				The Actions Panel
				Actions Panel Preferences
				Reference/Help Panel
				Behaviors and the Behaviors Panel
				ActionScript Fundamentals
				Comments
				Code Hints and Naming Conventions
				Dot Syntax
				The Movie Clip Object
				Functions
				Conditionals
				Loop Statements
				Summary
			Chapter 9.  Strings, Numbers and VariablesIn Depth
				Types of Data Types
				The String Data Type
				Manipulating Strings
				The Number Data Type
				Boolean Data Type
				Null Data Type
				Undefined Data Type
				Array Data Type
				Variables
				Summary
			Chapter 10.  Arrays
				What Is an Array and How Does It Work?
				Deconstructing an Array
				Creating an Array
				Retrieving Information from an Array
				Adding Elements to Arrays
				Naming Array Elements
				Removing Array Elements
				Changing Elements in Arrays
				Advanced Nested Arrays
				Additional Array Methods
				Sorting Arrays
				Applied Example
				Summary
			Chapter 11.  Statements and Expressions
				Statement Syntax
				Object Statements
				Flow Modifiers
				Summary
			Chapter 12.  Functions
				Creating a Function
				Running the Function
				Using Parameters in Functions
				Functions That Return Values
				Nested Functions
				Function Scope
				Mapping to a Function
				The _global Identifier
				Variables and Functions
				The Arguments Class
				Functions Built In to Flash
				Summary
			Chapter 13.  The Movie Clip Object
				Creating Movie Clips
				Manipulating Movie Clips
				Removing Movie Clips
				The Drawing API
				Summary
			Chapter 14.  Events
				Handling Events
				Button Events
				Movie Clip Events
				Events of the Mouse Object
				Events of the Key Object
				Events of the TextField Object
				Cross-Object Events
				Summary
			Chapter 15.  Working with Text
				The Text Field Interface
				Creating Text Fields
				Creating Text Fields in ActionScript
				Formatting the Text in Text Fields
				Scrolling Text Fields
				HTML Text in Text Fields
				Multilanguage Text
				Summary
			Chapter 16.  Components
				What Is a Component?
				Getting Started with Components
				Skinning Components
				The dataProvider Property
				Data Binding
				Creating a Version 2.0 Component
				Summary
			Chapter 17.  Debugging
				What Is Debugging?
				Planning Ahead
				Tools of the Trade
				Summary
		Part III.  Outside of Flash
			Chapter 18.  External ActionScript
				Why Use External ActionScript?
				#include Versus Classpath
				Getting Started with External Class Files
				Bringing It All Together
				Summary
			Chapter 19.  Loading Visual Content
				Why Load External Content?
				What Content Can Be Loaded and Where?
				Loading Images Dynamically
				Loading SWF Files into Flash
				Loading External Content into Text Fields
				Preloaders
				Summary
			Chapter 20.  Introduction to Data Integration
				Why Dynamic Content?
				The getURL() Method
				The MIME Format
				The loadVariables Method
				The loadVariablesNum() Method
				The LoadVars Object
				The ExternalInterface API
				Summary
			Chapter 21.  ASP and Flash
				What Is ASP?
				How Does ASP Work?
				Getting the Server
				Intro to ASP Scripting
				Your First ASP Page
				Sending and Receiving Data
				Accessing Access
				Summary
			Chapter 22.  PHP and Flash
				Setting Up Your Server
				PHP and FlashReceiving Data
				PHP and FlashSending and Receiving Data
				Incorporating a MySQL Database
				File UploadsFlash 8 Specific
				Summary
			Chapter 23.  Flash Remoting with ColdFusion
				What Is Flash Remoting?
				The Application Server
				Technical Requirements
				ColdFusion and Flash Flowchart
				Setting Up the Server
				Setting Up Your Database
				Creating a ColdFusion Data Source
				Reviewing the Application
				Let's Begin: ColdFusion Components (CFCs)
				Flash Remoting and ActionScript 2.0
				Building Your Application
				Summary
			Chapter 24.  XML and Flash
				What Is XML?
				Formatting XML
				Elements Versus Attributes
				XML and Flash
				The XMLConnector Component
				The Tree Component
				Summary
			Chapter 25.  Web Services and Flash
				What Is a Web Service?
				Why Use Web Services?
				Creating a Web Service
				Consuming Web Services with Flash
				Flash Remoting
				The Web Services Panel
				The WebServiceConnector Component
				Data Binding
				Consuming Outside Web Services
				Absorbing the Amazon Web Service
				Summary
			Chapter 26.  Streaming Media
				Why Stream Media?
				Creating a Flash Video
				The NetConnection Object
				The NetStream Object
				The Video Object
				Streaming Video
				The FLVPlayback Component
				The Camera Object
				Summary
			Chapter 27.  Extending Flash
				Why Extend Flash?
				Commands
				XML-to-UI Controls
				Creating Behaviors
				Creating Your Own Panels
				Creating Custom Tools
				Creating Custom Effects
				File I/O in JSFL
				Summary
			Chapter 28.  Beyond Flash
				Flash Alternatives
				Enhancing Flash Files
				Beyond the Web
				Summary
		Part IV.  Appendix
			Appendix A.  ActionScript Reference
				The BitmapData Class
				The ExternalInterface Class
				The BevelFilter Class
				The BlurFilter Class
				The ColorMatrixFilter Class
				The ConvolutionFilter Class
				The DisplacementMapFilter Class
				The DropShadowFilter Class
				The GlowFilter Class
				The GradientBevelFilter Class
				The GradientGlowFilter Class
				The ColorTransform Class
				The Matrix Class
				The Point Class
				The Rectangle Class
				The Transform Class
				The FileReference Class
				The FileReferenceList Class
				The TextRenderer Class
		Index