ActionScript

ActionScript Essentials

Introduction to ActionScript 3.0

• History of Flash & ActionScript
• ActionScript 3.0 for new Programmers
• For Users of ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0

Navigating the Flash Timeline

• Placing Code on the Flash Timeline

Working with Events & Functions

• Creating Event Listeners & Event Handling Functions
• Creating Navigation with a Button Click

Creating Animation with ActionScript

• Controlling MovieClip Properties with ActionScript
• Creating Animation using ActionScript Tweens

Creating ActionScript in External Files

• Creating an ActionScript File
• Creating Instances of a Class File in Flash

Using ActionScript and Components to Load Content

• Creating an Instance of the List Component and Settings its
  Parameters
• Adding an Instance of the UILoader Component
• Adding a CHANGE Event Listener to the List Component
• Loading SWF Files into a UILoader Component
• Creating the Gallery File
• Adding a Scroll Bar to the Text Field

Creating Preloaders in ActionScript 3.0

• Tools in the Testing Environment
• Creating a Text Field and Progress Bar to Track Loading
• Inserting ActionScript to Track Progress of the UILoader
  Component
• Controlling the Frames of a MovieClip to Reflect Loading Progress

Using Arrays and Loops in ActionScript 3.0

• Adding MovieClip Instances to the Stage from the Library
• Generating Multiple Instances with a for Loop
• Adding Event Listeners to the Block Instances
• Creating Animation using ENTER_FRAME
• Adding the testDone() function

Creating a Radio Button Quiz in an ActionScript File

• Creating a New ActionScript File
• Setting up the RadioButtonQuiz Class
• Adding Variables to the RadioButtonQuiz Class
• Creating Quiz Functionality
• Formatting Text with ActionScript
• Creating the Quiz
• Creating checkAnswer() – the Final Function
• Integrating your New Class into the Flash Project

Controlling Sound with ActionScript

• Adding Sliders to the Project
• The Sound, SoundChannel and SoundTransform Classes
• Setting the Song Titles using a For Loop
• Making the Sliders Invisible until Needed
• Programming the Buttons to Select Songs
• Controlling the Visibility of the Volume and Pan Controls
• Adding a Listener for the ID3 Tags of an MP3 File
• Adding a Text Format Object
• Adding the Slider Controls

Working with an XML Playlist

• Understanding the Basic Structure of an XML File
• Examining the Startup File
• Replacing the songList Array with an XML Instance
• Loading an external Playlist using the URLLoader Class
• Responding to COMPLETE and IO_ERROR Events
• Moving the Event Listeners into the xmlLoaded() Function
• Updating the chooseSong() function
• Creating Hyperlinks using XML Data
• Navigating through the Song List

Using ActionScript and Components to Control Video

• Adding the FLVPlayback Component
• Setting FLVPlayback Properties in Flash
• Adding ActionScript Control of FLVPlayback Properties
• Working with Color
• Adding the FLVCaptioning Component
• Playing multiple Video Files from an XML Playlist
• Using the Full-Screen Publish Settings

Delving Deeper into Graphics and Animation with
ActionScript

• Inverse Kinematics in Flash CS4
• Working with Animation in ActionScript
• Creating Sound and SoundChannel Instances
• Playing and Stopping the Sound Effects
• Accessing the User’s Webcam or Video Camera using
  ActionScript
• Using the Bitmap and BitmapData Classes
• Examining the Pixel Bender Toolkit

Printing and Sending Email with ActionScript

• Adding a Simple Email Link
• Sending Email from Flash
• Adding Printing Capabilities with the PrintJob Class

Creating AIR Applications with Flash And ActionScript

• AIR Specific ActionScript
• Flash Publish Settings for an AIR Project
• Including a File in the AIR Application
• Creating an AIR Application
• Listening for Drag Events