September 2001
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
31h 42m
English
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Flash Power Tools
You can do some pretty nifty things with Flash using its built-in features right out of the box. For many users, this is plenty. But Flash isn’t just about animation and sound. Using its advanced scripting features and add-on software, Flash movies can be programmed for complex interactive functionality and even serve as the front end for dynamically generated content.
ActionScript
Flash 5 uses the robust ActionScript scripting language for adding behaviors and advanced interactivity to Flash movies. ActionScript is an object-oriented language based on a version of JavaScript (the ECMA-262 spec, for those who need to know), so although it shares characteristics with the JavaScript we know and love, the two are not 100% compatible.
ActionScript, which was introduced in Flash 4, evolved into a much more powerful and useful tool in Flash 5. Not only is it responsible for controlling basic playback and user-triggered behaviors, it also enables Flash to integrate with XML, HTML, and other parts of the web page. The latest ActionScript version features complex math operations that allow advanced programming functionality, such as 3-D modeling. If you are set on becoming a Flash power-user, you will definitely want to learn ActionScript.
For more information on ActionScript, read ActionScript: The Definitive Guide by Colin Moock (O’Reilly, 2001).
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