Flash 8 Action Script Bible

To create Flash applications that sizzle, you have to learn the code. In this comprehensive guide to the latest version of ActionScript, the object-oriented scripting language for Macromedia Flash, you'll get the detailed instruction and step-by-step tutorials you need to write robust code and create sophisticated interactive animations. Work with objects and components, interoperate with JavaScript, create games, and more - it's all here in this informative book for developers, programmers, and designers. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Flash 8 ActionScript Master the basics of ActionScript expressions, functions, and variables Work with numbers, arrays, and strings Transform your movie clips with colors and filters Program sound and manage video Manage data with Web Services and Flash Remoting Call ActionScript functions from JavaScript Learn scripting for the Flash stand-alone player Bonus Companion Web site! Find code downloads and example files at: www.wiley.com/go/actionscriptbible

Market_Desc: Flash X Actionscript Bible is a must have for Flash developers looking to take their animations to the next level, with sophisticated interaction, and data-driven content. Readers of this title should have prior experience with Macromedia Flash. Special Features: · Written by the author of the bestselling Flash Bible - more than 175,000 copies sold· One of the best selling and most comprehensive guide available for Flash Actionscript· Published to coincide with the release of Flash X , the newest version of one of the world s most widely used web development tools· Immediately appeals to the more than 1,000,000 Flash Developers· Flash Actionscript content can already be viewed by more than 497 million internet users About The Book: Packed with hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, the Flash X Actionscript Bible is everything you need to take your Flash applications to the next level. Starting with the basics, Flash gurus Robert Reinhardt and Joey Lott guide you through the in s and out s of actionscript and will have you building your very own dynamic, data-driven Flash animations in no time. Coverage includes:" Actionscript variables, expressions, and functions" Working with Objects" Using Components" Building your Own Components" Interoperating with JavaScript" Developing for handheld devices" Connecting to Data Sources" Remoting" Creating games

Written by two of the industry s top Flash gurus, this new edition of the best-selling classic has been revised and enhanced to cover the very latest release of Macromedia Flash, expected in the fall of 2005. It will continue to fill the need for a user-friendly, yet in-depth book that appeals to both the web novice and the accomplished web worker, and will function as their guide to the workings and capabilities of this powerful program. The accompanying CD-ROM includes trial software, add-ons, plug-ins, shareware, templates, and examples. The most recent version of Flash was a skip for many developers due to feature issues. Macromedia has been working to correct the problem and is likely to deliver a highly successful product later this year, raising software and book sales toward previous levels.· An Introduction to Flash Production· Mastering the Flash Environment· Creating Animation · Integrating Media Files with Flash· Adding Basic Interactivity to Flash Movies· Distributing Flash Movies· Approaching ActionScript· Integrating Components and Data-Binding· Expanding Flash

"Using the Flash IDE to build Flash animations and applications"--Cover.

Provides in-depth information to the more than one million Flash developers who want to take their animations to the next level using sophisticated interaction and data-driven content Flash ActionScript is an object-oriented scripting language used with Flash that allows the designer to control a movie in non-linear fashion, create sophisticated interactivity, control elements on the stage, collect and track input from the movie viewer, and exchange and manipulate data from external sources The most comprehensive Flash ActionScript guide available, cowritten by Robert Reinhardt, coauthor of Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Bible (0-7645-4303-2) Published to coincide with the release of Flash "X," the newest version of this widely used Web development tool

What the book covers: This is a 100% comprehensive book on the most powerful feature of Macromedia Flash, and an essential tool for interactive Web development. It provides definitive, authoritative information on all aspects of ActionScript, addressing both the beginning, intermediate and advanced scripter. It is packed with real-world insights and examples, and includes a CD-ROM loaded with a library of powerful ActionScripts, sample scripts and Flash pages from the book, and more. ABOUT THE CD-ROM Loaded CD-ROM includes... * Extensive ActionScript libraries from the book * Sample Web pages and templates using advanced ActionScript * Flash and Flash ActionScript Utilities * Additional related software tryouts

Your one-stop guide to six great Macromedia tools for building Web sites It's like a Web-site-in-a-book! First, there's some Web site insight to help you decide what you want your site to do. Then it's into the nitty-gritty of making it happen — building with Dreamweaver, adding animation with Flash, enabling collaboration with Contribute, using ColdFusion to access databases, and a whole lot more. Discover how to Plan content for your site Use CSS styles Incorporate forms into your pages Beef up Flash movies with ActionScript Use queries in ColdFusion Integrate all the Macromedia products