Chapter 4. Advanced Buttons and Event Handling
Creating graphics and animation in Flash is only half the story. The other half is interactivity, which involves giving the viewer control of those graphics and animation via buttons, the keyboard, and the mouse. Interactivity is essential for basic site navigation and interfaces on the Web, as well as for game development, online tutorials, or anything else that requires the viewer to make choices.
What makes a movie interactive? Interactivity is the back-and-forth communication between the user and the movie. In a Flash movie, the user might react to something that’s going on by moving the pointer, clicking the mouse button, or pressing a key on the keyboard. That reaction may trigger a response ...
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