Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript: The Complete Reference - Softcover

Sanders, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072226439 ISBN 13: 9780072226430

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2002

Synopsis

Increase the speed and download time of your applications by taking advantage of the powerful features of ActionScript, Macromedia Flash MX’s native programming language. This comprehensive reference explains the enhanced UI components, new object-oriented features of ActionScript--and much more. For anyone wanting to integrate sophisticated interactive elements into their Flash applications, and take Web application development to the next level, this is an exceptional resource.

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About the Author

William B. Sanders, Ph.D., has been developing software for the last 25 years, ranging from Basic to assembly language and everything in between. In 2001 he began developing back end applications using asp and then when it became available, ASP.NET 1.0. He is a founding faculty member of the Multimedia Web Design and Development major at the University of Hartford where he teaches ASP.NET, C#, SQL and ADO.NET to upper division students, among other Internet languages and applications. He has consulted and developed software for major software companies as well other business clients.

From the Back Cover

"Full of colorful examples that bring the code descriptions to life, something Macromedia's own material just doesn't do." --David Emberton

The Definitive Resource on ActionScript programming

Push Flash MX further with this comprehensive volume on the features and capabilities of ActionScript. Cover fundamental ActionScript actions like controlling motion, movie clips, and interaction. Take advantage of new properties and methods, object-oriented features, and user interface components--plus handle variables and format text dynamically with new formatting objects. Work with ActionScript objects and Object-oriented Programming to develop complex designs and reuse modules for other components. "Macromedia Flash MX "ActionScript: The Complete Reference will help you utilize the native programming language of Macromedia Flash to construct powerful Web applications that are both visually attractive and highly functional.Increase the speed and download time of your Flash animations Integrate interactive elements into your Flash applications Experiment with motion graphics utilizing new properties and methods Understand basic actions, operators, functions, properties, and constants Optimize your code with new ActionScript coding standards Dynamically format text and variables with new text-formatting objects Dynamically configure Flash MX UI components Use XML and XML open socket technology with Flash MX Load and format remote files in Flash

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072226439
• ISBN 13: 9780072226430
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688