FlashTM ActionScript For Dummies®

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Edition: CD
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-08-01
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

This one-of-a-kind title provides the quick and easy way to get up to speed with Macromedia2s incredibly popular and robust scripting language for Flash. Flash ActionScript For Dummies covers Flash ActionScript, the hottest scripting language since JavaScript, and shows you how to create interactive Web applications with a minimum of time and effort. This friendly guide shows you how to tap interactivity to create online surveys, forms, e-commerce applications, Web navigational tools, and the flashiest buttons on the Web. Plus, the book includes CD-ROM packed with a library of original Flash ActionScripts.

Author Biography

Doug Sahlin, a digital artist and Web designer, is the author of Fireworks 4 For Dummies, Carrara For Dummies, and many articles on 2D and 3D graphics.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(4)
Part I: Demystifying ActionScript 5(52)
ActionScript: What It Is and What It Isn't
7(18)
Taking Action with ActionScript
25(18)
ActionScript: Programming for Non-Programmers
43(14)
Part II: Using Elementary ActionScript, My Dear Watson 57(82)
Directing a Movie
59(14)
Managing a Movie
73(20)
Giving and Getting Information with Variables
93(24)
Creating Object Makeovers with Properties and Functions
117(22)
Part III: Using Not-So-Elementary ActionScript, My Dear Watson 139(98)
Modifying and Creating Objects
141(22)
Creating Interactive Elements with Movie Clips and Smart Clips
163(18)
Sending and Receiving the Written Word
181(10)
Creating Interactive Buttons and Menus
191(18)
Keeping Score with ActionScript
209(16)
Testing Your ActionScript and Exterminating the Bugs
225(12)
Part IV: Integrating ActionScript Elements in Your Flash Movies 237(56)
Creating Useful Objects
239(18)
Creating Interactive Elements
257(14)
Creating Bells and Whistles
271(22)
Part V: The Part of Tens 293(18)
Ten Tips for Creating Trouble-Free ActionScript
295(8)
Ten Showcase Web Sites to Inspire You
303(4)
Ten Internet Resources for ActionScript
307(4)
Part VI: Appendixes 311(30)
Appendix A: About the CD
313(6)
Appendix B: Actions Dictionary
319(10)
Appendix C: ActionScript Properties Dictionary
329(4)
Appendix D: ActionScript Objects Dictionary
333(8)
Index 341(17)
Hungry Minds End-User License Agreement 358(2)
Installation Instructions 360

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