Book Description
This project-based guide from Adobe will teach readers all they
need to know to create engaging interactive content with
ActionScript 3.0 for Flash Professional CS5. Using step-by-step
instructions with projects that build on the knowledge acquired in
each lesson, readers will learn the fundamentals of adding
interactivity to Flash files using ActionScript, starting with
using prewritten Code Snippets, but progressing to customizing and
writing their own ActionScript code.
The tutorials start with simple navigation and timeline control and
progress through controlling animation with ActionScript; using
Event Listeners and writing event-handling functions; and
controlling loading of and interaction with data, text, video,
sound, and images. Readers will also learn to use third-party
libraries and create Adobe Air applications. This Classroom in a
Book also covers the improved text-handling tools that are new to
Flash Professional CS5. The companion CD provides users with all
the sample files they need to complete all the projects.
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- What’s on the DISC
- Getting Started
- Introduction to ActionScript 3.0
- 1. Using Code Snippets and Navigating the Flash Timeline
- 2. Working with Events and Functions
- 3. Creating Animation with ActionScript
- 4. Creating ActionScript in External Files
- 5. Using ActionScript and Components to Load Content
- 6. Creating Preloaders in ActionScript 3.0
- 7. Using Arrays and Loops in ActionScript 3.0
- 8. Creating and Formatting Text with ActionScript
- 9. Controlling Sound with ActionScript
- 10. Working with an XML Playlist
- 11. Using ActionScript and Components to Control Video
- 12. Delving Deeper into Graphics and Animation with ActionScript
- 13. Printing and Sending Email with ActionScript 3.0
- 14. Creating Adobe AIR Applications with Flash and ActionScript
- 15. Using Third-Party Libraries to Extend ActionScript
- Contributor
- Index