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Flash 8 Cookbook

Errata for Flash 8 Cookbook

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Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
Printed Page 98-99
Last sentence on 98, continues on 99

When you drag the shape hint on the last frame of the tween to a point on the shape
it will turn green, and the shape hint will simultaneously turn yellow.

must probably be

When you drag the shape hint on the last frame of the tween to a point on the shape
it will turn green, and the shape hint _on the first frame_ will simultaneously turn
yellow.

Anonymous   
Printed Page 99
1st paragraph

When you remove a hint, its corresponding hint in the other keyframe is also removed,
and the remaining keyframes are renamed (e.g., shape hint b becomes a when a is
deleted), if necessary.

must probably be

When you remove a hint, its corresponding hint in the other keyframe is also removed,
and the remaining _hints_ are renamed (e.g., shape hint b becomes a when a is
deleted), if necessary.

Anonymous   
Printed Page 116
Last line

Set the color to dark gray (R: 128, G: 128, U: 128),
must probably be
Set the color to dark gray (R: 128, G: 128, B: 128),

Anonymous   
Printed Page 118
2nd parahraph from the bottom, 1st line

Switch to working in the Front viewport
must probably be
Switch to working in the Top viewport

Anonymous   
Printed Page 243
Last list

Wrong list numeration. Code lines are displayed as list items.

Anonymous   
Printed Page 418
3rd code example

The code example:
var nBandwidth:Number = nTotalDownloadTime * 8 / nTotalBytes;
Should be:
var nBandwidth:Number = nTotalBytes * 8 / nTotalDownloadTime;

Anonymous