ActionScript: your visual blueprint for creating interactive projects in Flash CS4 professional

Using a visual approach to demonstrate ActionScript for Flash CS4 this book offers visual learners a solid reference that employs straight forward examplesto teach users to program content for the Web with impact. Key tasks covered in the book include: an introduction to ActionScript focusing on the basic foundations for the language, including the essential concepts behind ActionScript (focusing on object-oriented programming), using the Actions panel, syntax rules, and essential language foundations such as creating and using variables and arrays, writing functions, classes, if/else statements, and loops, and working with static classes such as Math. Adding interactivity by building on a foundation of basic Flash design skills such as creating MovieClips and Buttons, readers will be introduced to the ideas of working with these objects in ActionScript. The book will explore the concepts of interacting with objects on the stage, working with events, and creating MovieClips and text fields throughcode. We also will explore related classes that allow users to complete taskssuch as formatting code-created text fields and tapping into ActionScripts drawing API to create artwork and modify properties through code. Animating in code, showing how this process offers more flexibility and power than animatingon the timeline as in traditional Flash movies. Working with external contentis an important aspect of Flash application development; examples that will be covered in the book include loading visual assets at runtime (including other Flash movies, music, video, and images), loading text from a variety of formats such as delimited text files and XML, and using Flash Remoting to load server-based assets at runtime. We will also explore how to connect to other server-based assets such as databases via server-side scripting. ‘Apply It’ and ‘Extra’ sidebars highlight useful tips and high-resolution screen shots clearly illustrate each task while succinct explanations walk readers through the examples.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-48194-3
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 17/07/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés