ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

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Preface

Second Edition Quick Start

If you’re a returning first-edition reader dying to sink your teeth into this edition,

here are the highlights I recommend you start with. But don’t end your exploration

with this list. Read on to learn about many more important updates to this edition.

The following chapters in Part I, ActionScript Fundamentals, have been heavily

rewritten and enhanced. They cover some of the most exciting additions, such as

components, and meaningful changes to the way ActionScript handles events and

deals with objects.

• Chapter 9, Functions

• Chapter 10, Events and Event Handling

• Chapter 12, Objects and Classes

• Chapter 14, Movie Clip Subclasses and Components

See also the revised and new appendixes, especially:

• Appendix C, Backward Compatibility and Player Build Updates

• Appendix E, HTML Support in Text Fields

• Appendix F, Support for GET and POST

• Appendix G, Flash UI Component Summary

• Appendix H, Embedding a Flash Movie in a Web Page

The following entries in Part II, the Language Reference, are either all-new or have

been heavily revised since the first edition. For example, you’ll want to read up on

the new SharedObject object and check out the Drawing API methods added to the

MovieClip class.

• Accessibility object

• Button class

• Capabilities object ...