Flash™ MX ActionScript™ For Designers

Contents at a Glance
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Part I: Comprehending the Mechanics of ActionScript . . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER 1: Introducing ActionScript for Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CHAPTER 2: Delving into Your ActionScript Toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
CHAPTER 3: Planning Your ActionScript Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Part II: Using Basic ActionScript in Your Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CHAPTER 4: Charting the Timeline of Your Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CHAPTER 5: Creating Basic Interactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
CHAPTER 6: Creating Elements for Your Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
CHAPTER 7: Taking Control of Your Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
CHAPTER 8: Creating Variables to Store and Dispense Information . . . . . . . 141
Part III: Creating ActionScript Elements for Your Movie . . . . . . . 165
CHAPTER 9: Generating ActionScript to Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
CHAPTER 10: Designing Interactive Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
CHAPTER 11: Composing Dynamic Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
CHAPTER 12: Building Interactive Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
CHAPTER 13: Creating ActionScript Sound Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
CHAPTER 14: Debugging an ActionScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Part IV: Building Additional Design Elements for Your Movie . . . . 295
CHAPTER 15: Building Web Site Elements with ActionScript . . . . . . . . . . . 297
CHAPTER 16: Creating Flash Eye Candy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
CHAPTER 17: Integrating Flash with HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Appendix A: What’s on the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Appendix B: Flash Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Appendix C: Flash Inspiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
End-User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

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