Macromedia Flash MX ActionScripting Tutorial

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Controlling The Timeline
Beginning and Pausing Movies
Navigating to Frames and Scenes
How to Create Interactive Navigation
How to Navigate to URLs
Opening URLs in a Different Browser Window

Controlling Movie Content
The Creation of Presentations
Flash Levels
Loadmovie and Unloadmovie

Creating ActionScript Loops in Flash
Loops - Overview
Looping in Between Frames
Creating a for - While and a do While Loop

Working With Variables And Arrays in Flash
Variables and Arrays Overview
Variable Data Types Explained
Variable and Array Naming Conventions
How to Declare a Variable
How to Create an Array
Working with Arrays - Lesson 1
Working with Arrays - Lesson 2
Acquiring Data from an Array

Modifying an Object With ActionScript
The Creation of Movie Clips and Instances
How to set a Property Action and Actionscript Tricks
Changing an Object's Properties - Lesson 1
Changing an Object's Properties - Lesson 2
Getting Object's Properties

Using ActionScript with Text
The Creation of Input Text Blocks
The Creation of Dynamic Text Blocks
How to Load Text from an External Doc.
Rich Formatted Text

Using ActionScript Objects
Object Groups and Instances - An Overview
The Date Object - Lesson 1
The Date Object - Lesson 2
The Date Object - Lesson 3
Sound Objects - Lesson 1
Sound Objects - Lesson 2
Using the Colour Object
The Key Object - Lesson 1
The Key Object - Lesson 2
How to Generate Random Numbers

Creating Dynamic Content With ActionScript
Paths and Targets - Overview
Path Aliases
Programming Movie Clips
How to use the with Action
Loading Content Into a Target Movie Clip
Using the Attach Movie Method
The Creation of Modular ActionScript
Using the Duplicate Movie Clip Action

Creating Interactive Buttons & Navigation Devices
How to Create:
• A Button
• Invisible Button
• Drag & Drag Element
• A Navigation Bar
• Pop Up Menu - Lesson 1
• Pop Up Menu - Lesson 2
• Pop Up Menu - Lesson 3
• An Animated Button

Working With Statements And Expressions
The Creation of Conditional Statements - Lesson 1
The Creation of Conditional Statements - Lesson 2
Comparing Statements with Logical Operators
The Logical NOT Operator
Working with Mathematical and String Expressions
Manipulating Data - Lesson 1
Manipulating Data - Lesson 2
Manipulating Data - Lesson 3

Working With Functions in Flash
Flash functions - Overview
Flash functions - Creating
Flash functions - Calling

Working With Flash Components
Working with Flash Components
Acquiring New Components
Skinning Flash Components
Creating Components in Flash - Lesson 1
Creating Components in Flash - Lesson 2
Creating Components in Flash - Lesson 3

Debugging ActionScript
Testing and Debugging Movies
The Trace Action
The Debugger
How to Debug Using Breakpoints

Project: Creating A Custom Cursor
Overview
Creating & Programming Cursor Movie Clip

Project: Creating A Moving Image Gallery
Overview
The Image Movie Clip
Programming of the Invisible Buttons
How to Mask the Moving Image Gallery

Project: Creating a Motion Blur Effect
Overview
Creating Motion Blur Movie Clip and Trails Movie Clip

Project: Creating A Mouse Chaser
Overview
Random Duplicates of Symbol
Creating and Programming the Chaser Movie Clip

Project: Creating A Sound Controller
Overview
The Creation of a Soundtrack Movie
Programming the Controller
How to Program Buttons

Project: Creating A Slide Show
Overview
The Image Title Array
Programming the Button
How to Program the Back Button Back Button

Project: Creating Scrolling Text
Overview
The Text and Text Box
How to Program the Buttons

Where To Go Now?
Dissecting an Action Script Movie - Step by Step Resources and Final Thoughts