ActionScript for Flash MX (Paperback)

Introduction

Authoring ActionScript Code
Outputting Debug Messages
Code Placement Best Practices
Finding Code

Using Movie Clips
Movie Clip Depths
Referring to Movie Clips

ActionScript Syntax
Comments
Whitespace
Statement Terminators (Semicolons)
Case Sensitivity
Identifiers
Keywords

Variables
Timeline Variables
Global Variables
Local Variables
Code Hinting

Datatypes
Datatype Conversion Rules
Explicit Datatype Conversion
Determining Datatype and Class
The number Datatype
The string Datatype
The boolean Datatype
The null and undefined Datatypes
The object Datatype
The function Datatype
The movieclip Datatype

Arrays

Operators

Conditionals and Loops
The if-else if-else Statements
The switch Statement
The while Statement
The do-while Statement
The for Statement
The for-in Statement
The break and continue Statements
Loops, Screen Updates, and Maximum Iterations

Creating and Using Functions

Event Handling
Event Handler Properties
Event Listeners
The onClipEvent( ) and on( ) Event Handlers

Object-Oriented ActionScript

Working with Graphics

Working with Text

GUIs and Components

Working with External Media and Data
Loading Images and .swf File
Loading Sounds
Loading Web Pages
Loading Variables
Loading XML
Persistent Socket Connections
Security Restrictions

Working with Web Browsers
JavaScript Communication

Finding Help, Examples, and Code Libraries

ActionScript Language Reference

Index