Sams Teach Yourself Flash MX ActionScript in 24 Hours
Sams Teach Yourself Flash MX ActionScript in 24 Hours
ISBN: 0672323850
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 272
Pages: 272
Authors: Gary Rosenzweig
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Tell Us What You Think
- Introduction
- Who Should Read This Book
- How This Book Is Organized
- Conventions
- Additional Information
- Part I: Getting Started with ActionScript
- Hour 1. Your First Look at ActionScript
- What Scripts Are
- What Scripts Can Do
- Where Scripts Go
- Task: Your First Script
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 2. Using the Script Editing Window
- Accessing the Actions Panel
- Normal Mode
- Task: Writing Code in Normal Mode
- Using Flash s Help System
- Expert Mode
- Task: Writing Code in Expert Mode
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 3. Learning to Program
- How Computers Think
- Commands, Functions and Operations
- Variables
- Conditions
- Loops
- Achieving the Impossible
- Writing Bug-Free Code
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 4. Writing Code in Flash
- Parts of a Script
- Output Window
- Task: Send a Message to the Output Window
- Local and Global Variables
- Comparisons and Operations
- Task: Operations Quiz
- Conditions
- Loops
- Functions
- Dot Syntax
- Comments
- Debugging
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Part II: Navigation and Animation with ActionScript
- Hour 5. Controlling the Flow of the Movie
- Stopping the Movie
- Jumping from Frame to Frame
- Creating Buttons
- Task: Slideshow
- Task: Simple Presentation
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 6. Controlling Movie Clips
- Telling Movie Clips What to Do
- Task: Animation Playback Controller
- Targeting Movie Clips
- Movie Clip Scripts
- Task: Backward Movie Clip
- Task: Clips Controlling Other Clips
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 7. Moving and Changing Movie Clips
- Position
- Task: Bouncing Ball
- Mouse Location
- Task: Follow the Mouse
- Move Clip Rotation
- Task: A Rotating Movie Clip
- Stretching and Shrinking Movie Clips
- Task: Simulated 3D Scaling
- Visibility
- Task: Fading Movie Clip
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 8. Selecting and Dragging Movie Clips
- Selection
- Task: Keypad Lock
- Dragging
- Drag and Drop
- Task: Matching Game
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Part III: Manipulating Information with ActionScript
- Hour 9. Getting Input from the User
- Detecting Keypresses
- Task: Keyboard-Controlled Movie Clip
- Input Text
- String Operations and Functions
- Task: User Input Form
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 10. Creating and Controlling Text
- Dynamic Text
- External Variables
- Task: News Ticker
- Task: Flashy Text
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 11. Working with Numbers
- Numerical Operators and Functions
- Trigonometry Functions
- Strings and Numbers
- Random Numbers
- Task: Simple Calculator
- Task: Orbiting Planets
- Task: Random Snowflakes
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 12. Objects and Arrays
- Custom Variable Objects
- Color Objects
- Date Objects
- Arrays
- Task: Word Animation
- Task: Dragging with Trails
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Part IV: User Interface Elements
- Hour 13. Rollovers
- Creating Custom Cursors
- Task: Full-Time Custom Cursor
- Task: Rollover Custom Cursor
- Information Rollovers
- Task: Quick Reference Application
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 14. Scrolling
- Scrollbar Elements
- Dynamic Text Scrolling
- Task: Simple Text Scrolling
- Task: Full-Featured Text Scrolling
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 15. User Input Elements
- Check Boxes
- Radio Buttons
- Task: Simple Survey
- Input Text Tab Order
- Restricting Text Input
- Task: Checking for a Valid Input
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 16. Pull-Down Menus and Dynamic Buttons
- Simple Pull-Down Menus
- Task: Using Pull-Down Menus
- Push Pull-Down Menus
- Dynamic Buttons
- Task: Using Dynamic Buttons
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Part V: Controlling External Events with ActionScript
- Hour 17. Browser Navigation and Communication
- Loading Browser Pages
- Task: Navigation Bar
- ActionScript and JavaScript
- Task: Open a New Window
- Task: JavaScript-Controlled Slideshow
- Special Projector Commands
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 18. Sending Information to the Server
- The LoadVars Object
- Server-Side Applications
- Task: Recording Survey Results
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 19. Using XML with Flash
- XML Basics
- The XML Object
- Task: XML-Powered Display
- Recursive XML Parsing
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 20. Printing
- Setting Up Your Movie for Printing
- The Print Commands
- Task: Printable Form
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Part VI: Advanced Topics
- Hour 21. Using Components
- ActionScript for Flash s Built-In Components
- Task: Form with Components
- Changing the Style of a Component
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 22. Controlling Sound with ActionScript
- Playing a Sound
- Task: Panning Sound
- Sound Transforms
- Task: Beat Box
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 23. Managing Movie Streaming
- Monitoring Loading
- Task: Simple Loader
- Task: Complex Loader
- Loading External Media
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour 24. Drawing with ActionScript
- Drawing Lines
- Task: Allowing the User to Draw
- Creating New Movie Clips
- Task: Dynamic Snowflakes
- Creating Text
- Task: Flying Words
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Index
- Index SYMBOL
- Index A
- Index B
- Index C
- Index D
- Index E
- Index F
- Index G
- Index H
- Index I
- Index J
- Index K
- Index L
- Index M
- Index N
- Index O
- Index P
- Index Q
- Index R
- Index S
- Index T
- Index U
- Index V
- Index W
- Index X
- Index Y
Sams Teach Yourself Flash MX ActionScript in 24 Hours
ISBN: 0672323850
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 272
Pages: 272
Authors: Gary Rosenzweig