December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
192h 4m
English
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Preface
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• Stage object
• System object
• TextField class
• TextFormat class
• Listener Events for Key, Mouse, TextField, and Stage (see Table P-1)
What’s New in Flash MX ActionScript
ActionScript evolved tremendously from Flash 5 to Flash MX (as the authoring tool is
known) and the corresponding Flash Player 6, and this book has evolved along with
it. See Table P-2 in this Preface for details on the Flash version naming conventions.
To preview many of the new features in action, visit:
http://www.moock.org/webdesign/lectures/newInMX
Table P-1 provides a high-level overview of the major additions to ActionScript and
tells you where to find more information about each new topic in this book. Unless
otherwise stated, cross-references are to Part II, the Language Reference.
Table P-1. New features in Flash MX ActionScript
Feature For details, see...
Drawing API: draw strokes, shapes, and fills at runtime using
new MovieClip methods
MovieClip.beginFill( ), MovieClip.beginGradientFill( ),
MovieClip.clear( ), MovieClip.curveTo( ), MovieClip.endFill( ),
MovieClip.lineStyle( ),MovieClip.lineTo( ),MovieClip.moveTo( );
“Drawing in a Movie Clip at Runtime”in Chapter 13
Load JPEG-format images at runtime MovieClip.loadMovie( ), loadMovie( )
Load MP3-format sounds at runtime Sound.loadSound( )
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