December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
192h 4m
English
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Preface
What’s New in the Second Edition
The second edition of ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide is not merely a
“tack-on” update to the first edition (which was titled ActionScript: The Definitive
Guide). The entire text has been revised and restructured to highlight the latest Flash
MX ActionScript features. Nearly every paragraph has been updated, and 400 pages
have been added to cover ActionScript’s new capabilities. Legacy descriptions of
Flash 4 ActionScript syntax have been moved from the body of the book to
Create packaged codemodules withMovieClip subclasses and
components
#initclip, #endinitclip, Object.registerClass( ),
attachMovie( ); Chapter 14
Communicate between two Flash Players on the same com-
puter
The LocalConnection class
Declare global variables
_global; “Movie Clip Variables and Global Variables” in
Chapter 2
Use international characters in the Unicode character set “The String Type” in Chapter 4, Appendix C
Define event handlers on movie clips using callback functions Chapter 10
Use event listeners to respond to events from any object Chapter 10 and Key.addListener( ), Mouse.addListener( ),
Stage.addListener( ), Selection.addListener( ),
TextField.addListener( )
Add button behavior to a movie clip “Using Movie Clips as Buttons” in Chapter 13
Control button ...
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