ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS4 Professional

What's New in ActionScript 3.0?

• Differences Between ActionScript 1.0/2.0 and 3.0
• ActionScript 3.0 Elements
• Beyond ActionScript 3.0

Communicating with ActionScript

• Communicating to Movie Clips
• Modifying Movie Clip Properties
• Understanding Variables
• Setting Variable Data Types
• Using Trace Statements
• Using Comments

Understanding Classes

• Writing a Custom Class
• Extending an Existing Class
• Adding a Class Object to the Timeline
• Defining a Document Class
• Setting Up a Classpath

Decision Making and Repetition

• Understanding Conditional Statements
• Writing a Conditional Statement
• Writing Compound Conditions
• Understanding Loops
• Using a Loop to Generate Instances of a Class

Using Math

• Understanding the Math Class
• Generating Random Numbers
• Rounding Numbers

Using Text and Arrays

• Creating a Text Field
• Styling a Text Field
• Capturing Data from a Text Field
• Loading External Text
• Understanding Arrays
• Using Text and Arrays to Create a Game

Responding to Events

• Using a Listener to Catch an Event
• Writing Event Handlers
• Responding to Mouse Events
• Responding to Keyboard Events
• Using the Timer Event to Control Animation

Creating a Memory Game

• Writing a Memory Card Class
• Writing a Memory Game Class

Using Advanced Graphics and Animation Tools

• Drawing with Code
• Generating a Random Colour Change
• Animating a Colour Change
• Using Filters
• Animating Filters

Working with Multimedia

• Loading External Images and SWFs
• Communicating with Loaded Movies
• Loading Sounds
• Starting and Stopping Sound
• Managing the Volume of Sound
• Loading Video
• Controlling Video Playback

Adding Advanced Interactivity

• Creating a Drag-and-Drop Class
• Detecting Collisions
• Detecting a Win

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

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