Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript designer's reference

If you're serious about Flash design, and if you want to push your ideas to the very limits of possibility in Flash MX, then this book and CD are your indispensable companions. This package combines two vital elements: the most comprehensive and in-depth reference resource for Flash MX ActionScript Rich, and practical tutorials on using ActionScript effectively in your Flash movie design. We've packed in 20 chapters of tutorials, hundreds of detailed reference entries, and hundreds of example FLAs and SWFs. The CD reproduces and expands the complete ActionScript dictionary, providing you with a comprehensive and portable reference tool. To gain an idea of the CD's content, view our online demonstration. You can view all the dictionary's entries, but only the first 30 or so are functional. Our aim has been to make this book the best Flash MX ActionScript resource, bar none—the book that you'll keep on your desk and never exhaust. Front Matter....Pages N2-xii Introduction....Pages 1-4 Introducing Scripted Motion....Pages 6-46 Building User Interfaces with ActionScript....Pages 48-97 The Drawing API....Pages 98-125 Motion Control....Pages 126-155 The Sound Object....Pages 156-171 The Color Object....Pages 172-187 Performance and Optimization....Pages 188-201 Advanced Components with ActionScript....Pages 202-214 Component Styles....Pages 216-231 Functions and Events....Pages 232-248 Structuring Content for the Web....Pages 250-267 Dynamic Text....Pages 268-291 Time and Timekeeping....Pages 292-312 Feedback and Debugging....Pages 314-339 Modular Programming Techniques....Pages 340-382 Object Oriented Programming Techniques....Pages 384-416 Talking to the Outside World....Pages 418-434 Back Matter....Pages 435-1108