ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

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Preface

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Link to a web page

See getURL( ).

Guest book

See the LoadVars and XML classes, Chapter 17, and the Code Depot, described

in the next section.

Chat application

See the XMLSocket class and the example at http://www.moock.org/chat.

Multiplayer networked game

See the XMLSocket class and http://www.moock.org/unity.

E-commerce transaction

See the LoadVars and XML classes.

Personalized site involving user registration and login

See the LoadVars and XML classes.

Detailed implementations of even this limited number of potential ActionScript

applications are beyond the scope of this book. Instead, our goal is to give you the

fundamental skills to explore the myriad other possibilities on your own. This is not

a recipe book—it’s a lesson in cooking code from scratch. What’s on the menu is up

to you.

The Code Depot

We’ll encounter dozens of code samples over the upcoming chapters. To obtain rele-

vant source files and many other tutorial files not included in the book, visit the

online Code Depot, posted at:

http://www.moock.org/asdg/codedepot

The Code Depot is an evolving resource containing real-world ActionScript applica-

tions and code bases. Here’s a selected list of samples you’ll find in the Code Depot:

• A multiple-choice quiz

• A pan-and-zoom image viewer

• Text field tools, such as an ...