Download PDF Flash® 8 ActionScript Bible by Joey Lott and Robert Reinhardt

Sinopsis

Flash has begun to mature as a product, and ActionScript has begun to mature as a language. That represents both opportunity and challenge to you. As a mature language, ActionScript provides a broad spectrum of features and functionality. The possibilities are limitless: There is great opportunity to build new, innovative, useful, and interesting applications using Flash and ActionScript. However, with that opportunity comes the challenge of learning how to use ActionScript effectively. If you want to express your thoughts and feelings well, you need the right language for communicating them. Likewise, with ActionScript the challenge is to learn the language so that there is a natural flow of expression that is seamless from its conception to its manifestation in code.
 

Our goal with this book is to provide you with the resources to learn the language so that you can express yourself elegantly and eloquently. We make every attempt to meet you right where you are in your journey, and to provide you with the support to get where you want to go. As you can see by the page count of this book, ActionScript is not a short topic. In fact, if you’re new to ActionScript it may seem overwhelming. However, it’s our intention to make learning ActionScript accessible. In this book, you’ll find that we’ve organized the topics in a way that we feel is most accessible to readers.

With Flash 8, you can build a tremendous variety of projects— from games to commerce applications to prototypes and beyond. Regardless of the type of project, there are some common threads when building Flash applications. One of those common threads is the subject of this book—ActionScript. In this chapter,
we’ll look at the sorts of things you can do with ActionScript in Flash 8. We’ll also discuss the new features so that you can get a sense of what topics you’ll be able to learn in this book

Content

1. Getting Started with Flash 8 ActionScript
2. Introducing Flash 8
3. Learning ActionScript Basics
4. Constructing ActionScript
5. Working with Functions
6. Getting to Know Objects
7. Debugging and Error Handling
8. Using Core Classes
9. Working with Arrays
10. Using Numbers
11. Using Math
12. Working with Dates and Times.
13. Working with Strings
14. Applying Regular Expressions
15. Working with Display Objects
16. Using Display Objects
17. Working with Movie Clips
18. Drawing Programmatically
19. Transforming Colors
20. Applying Filters
21. Using the Bitmap API
22. Working with Text Fields and Selection
23. Formatting Text
24. Scripting Player Control
25. Managing Mouse and Key Interactivity
26. Working with the Stage
27. Using Context Menus
28. Understanding the Capabilities and Security Objects
29. Printing
30. Working with Media
31. Programming Sound
32. Managing Video
33. Using Components
34. Using UI Components
35. Styling UI Components
36. Creating Custom Components
37. Managing Data.
38. Using Shared Objects
39. Understanding LocalConnection Objects
40. Programming with the XML and LoadVars Classes
41. Using Persistent Socket Communications
42. Using Web Services
43. Introducing Flash Remoting
44. Managing File Uploads and Downloads
45. Working with Flash in Context
46. Working with Flash in the Web Browser
47. Making Movies Accessible and Universal
48. Scripting for the Flash Stand-Alone Player

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