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a HTML tag, 575, 583, 597

accessibility

Dreamweaver MX

extension, adding using, 727

frameset, 654

image Alt tag, 533

Fireworks MX, adding image Alt tag using, 333, 387–388

Flash MX movie, 12

ACO file, using in Fireworks MX, 235

AcousticAlchemy.mp3 (on the CD), 690, 692, 935

Acrobat

Distiller, 164

Reader (on the CD), 164, 929

ACT (Active Color Table) format, 236

act page.dwt (on the CD), 685

Action tool (FreeHand), 209

action.cfm (on the CD), 915

Actions panel (Flash MX)

accessing, 466

Action statement area, 467

ActionScript toolbox, 467

Check Syntax button, 476, 497

context sensitivity, 466

dictionary, 12

Insert Target Path button, 467

Jump menu option, 467

Launch ActionScript Reference button, 467

mode, 12, 466

Parameters pane, 467

Remoting book, 895–896

Script pane, 467

View Option menu, 467

ActionScript. See also Flash MX; specific actions

API call, 348, 355, 358, 360

array, working with, 355, 474

breakpoint, 500

button, using in, 470–471, 901–902, 903

case sensitivity, 468, 497

color coding, 468

commenting code, 355

copying code, 469

creating in Expert Mode, 466–467

creating in Normal Mode, 466–467

data type, 476–477

debugging, 476, 497–501, 504

deprecated action, 468

described, 465

dot syntax, 465

e-card, using in, 471–472

event handling

clip, 466

Keyframe, 466

mouse, 466, 471–472, 481

Fireworks MX command, using in, 354–359

Flash Remoting, using in, 895–896, 899

frame

action, adding to, 468–470

going to specific using, 468–470

function

ColdFusion MX template, calling as, 891–892

naming, 497

instantiating object, 492

Internet, sending data over using GET/POST, 471

JavaScript, relation to, 465

layer, keeping action in, 422

Library, adding action from, 467

line numbering, 467

loop, nesting, 356–357

mouse

event handling, 466, 471–472, 481

rollover, adding action to, 149, 151–153, 471–472

movie

loading, 472, 484–485

pausing, 902

stopping, 463

Movie Clip

action, adding to, 471–473

data type, 477

event, 466

instance, naming, 473, 481, cd25

instance, referencing, 467, 473

playing, 473

tracing element in, 501, 503

object

described, 473

name, returning, 481

property, setting, 475

planning, 465–466

pre-built actions, 467–468

puzzle application, using in, 477–485

randomness, working with, 355–357

reference Library, 467

scene, going to specific, 470

sound object, working with, 492–493

statement, conditional, 482

statement, constructing, 467

statement, deleting, 467

string, delimiting, 477

symbol

applying object action to, 473

instance, naming, 433, 473, 475, 481

syntax, checking, 497

target path, 467, 497

text, referencing, 433

tracing Movie Clip element, 501, 503

variable, working with, 357, 476, 497, 500

ActionScript Bible, 466

Active Color Table format. See ACT

Active Server Pages. See ASP

ActiveX

classid, 696, 697

Dreamweaver MX, working with in, 696, 697

Macintosh support, 696

Netscape support, 696, 700

QuickTime ActiveX control, 697

Adaptive Differential Pulse-code Modulation compression. See ADPCM

Adaptive palette (Fireworks MX), 392

Add Color to Transparency eyedropper tool (Fireworks MX), 396

add_connection.pdf (on the CD), 780

add_recordset.pdf (on the CD), 790

add_user.pdf (on the CD), 791

 add_users.asp (on the CD), 793

Adjust Color ® Brightness and Contrast (Fireworks MX), 283

Adjust Color ® Color Fill (Fireworks MX), 252

Adjust Color ® Curves (Fireworks MX), 283

Adjust Color ® Hue and Saturation (Fireworks MX), 252

Adjust Columns panel (FreeHand), 106–107

Administrator feature (ColdFusion MX), 801

 admin.mdb (on the CD), 772

Adobe

Acrobat Distiller, 164

Acrobat Reader (on the CD), 164, 929

ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse-code Modulation) compression, 491

Advanced Streaming Format files. See ASF

.ai file, importing into Flash MX, 423

AIFF files, 487, 691

Alien Skin Software

Eye Candy

demo version (on the CD), 929

LE version, 223, 303

Image Doctor demo version (on the CD), 929

Splat!

demo version (on the CD), 930

LE version, 223

Align panel

Fireworks MX, 319, 346

Flash MX, 434–435, 458–459

alignment

Dreamweaver MX

image, 542

library item, including alignment information with, 611

pop-up menu, 684

table, 557, 562

text, 541–542

Fireworks MX

button, 319

pattern, 294

pop-up menu, 340

Snap To Guides, using, 298

text, 277, 320

texture, 294

Flash MX

stage, to, 434, 478

text, 458–459

Web page, movie in, 703

FreeHand

letterhead, 174

page, 52

Snapshot Centerpoint, using, 79

text, 102, 109, 174, 177

Alt HTML tag, 333, 387–388, 533

Alternate Image Description dialog box (Fireworks MX), 388

ampersand (&) URL variable delimiter, 845

Analysis Report dialog box (Fireworks MX), 401

anchor link, Web page, 575, 582, 586, 597, 677

AND SQL Boolean operator, 812

AniMagic Dreamweaver MX extension, 728, 747–749

Animate dialog box (Fireworks MX), 365

Animate FreeHand Xtra, 71, 140, 141

Animated Banner tutorial (on the CD), 381, cd1–cd3

Animating Images for the Web tutorial, 373–381

animation. See specific application

Animation Release To Layers FreeHand Xtra, 140, 144, 156, 158, 159

Answers panel

Dreamweaver MX, 13, 515

FreeHand, 207

anti-aliasing

Fireworks MX, 243

Flash MX, 418–419, 496, 703

FreeHand, 191

AOL browser image recompression, 233

API (Application Program Interface) routine, calling from ActionScript, 348, 355, 358, 360

Apple Web site QuickTime parameter list, 698

Application Objects feature (Dreamweaver MX), 788–791

Application panel (Dreamweaver MX), 779, 782, 886, 911

application server

described, 641, 770

information about, specifying in site definition, 773, 774, 775

local, 772, 774–777, 778

remote, 773

software requirement, 772

 Application.cfm (on the CD), 861–863, 864–865, 869, 872

array

ActionScript, working with in, 355, 474

associative, 890, 891

ColdFusion MX array variable, 852, 890, 894–895, 899

Flash MX, working with in, 355, 474, 890

two-dimensional, 894

XML document object, array-based, 919

Arrow tool (Flash MX), 426

Arrowhead command (Fireworks MX), 222

ASF (Advanced Streaming Format) files, 694

ASP (Active Server Pages)

Dreamweaver MX support, 769, 773

form, processing using, 649

request collection, 786

server variable, 786

ASP.NET, 769, 773

Assets panel (Dreamweaver MX), 533–534, 573, 609–610, 688, 700–701

asterisk (*)

FreeHand Unsaved Document indicator, 32

SQL wildcard operator, 807, 812

at sign, import (@Import) CSS directive, 604

attachSound ActionScript method, 493

AU files, 691

Auto Layers Dreamweaver MX extension, 728, 751

Autoplay dialog box (Dreamweaver MX), 743

Avg() SQL function, 829

AVI (Audio Video Interleave) files, 694

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