Topic 1 Controlling Multiple Timelines

Topic Objectives
About using multiple timelines
About Target Paths
Target Paths for Nested Movie Clips

Absolute and Relative Paths
Using the with operator
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 2 Loops in ActionScript

Topic Objectives
Creating Repetition Using Loops
Creating a simple for loop
Creating a loop to create symbol instances
Modifying Instances Created by a loop

While Loops
Do While Loops
Creating a loop to create multiple text fields
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 3 Loading External Content Into Flash

Topic Objectives
Limitations of timeline-based Flash applications
Loading External Files
Replacing a Loaded External File
About Loading External Files Into Flash
Controlling Loaded External Files

Detecting When a File has Successfully Loaded
Managing Multiple Loaded Files
Detecting Download Progress: Creating a Preloader
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 4 Controlling Graphics with ActionScript

Topic Objectives
About the Display List
About 9-slice scaling
Enabling 9-slice scaling manually
Enabling 9-slice scaling using ActionScript
Modifying Colours using the ColorTransform Class
Creating Drag and Drop Interactivity
Centring the Draggable Object

Constraining the Draggable Object
Detecting Collisions Between Objects
Creating Symbol Instances Using ActionScript
Changing the Cursor Appearance
Putting it Together: Animating Graphics with ActionScript
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 5 Using ActionScript to Control Text

Topic Objectives
Creating Text Fields
Modifying Text Field Properties
Modifying Text in Text Fields Using the TextFormat Class
Capturing Text From an Input Text Field

Loading External Text Into Flash
Creating Scrolling Text
Creating a Text Animation
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 6 The Math, Array and Date Classes

Topic Objectives
About the Math Class
Methods of the Math Class
Generating Random Numbers
Rounding Numbers
About the Array Class
Creating Arrays
Methods of the Array Class

Examples of Array Methods
Looping Through An Array
Creating Multiple Instances Using Loops
About the Date Class
Telling the Time
Creating a Calendar
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 7 Creating Custom Classes

Topic Objectives
About Classes
About Custom Classes
Creating a Custom Class
Extending a Existing Flash Class

Linking an Object to a Custom Class
Modifying the Custom Class
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 8 Creating Vector Shapes in ActionScript

Topic Objectives
Classes that support vector shapes
The Graphics Class
Drawing Lines and Curves
Drawing Rectangles and Circles
Erasing a Shape
Creating Irregular Shapes
Applying Masks in ActionScript

Putting it Together: Drawing with the Mouse
Putting it Together: Creating Shapes Based on User Input
Putting it Together: Creating Repeating Shapes With Loops
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 9 Working With Sound and Video

Topic Objectives
About Using Sounds
Importing Sounds into the Library
Playing Sounds from the Library
Loading and Playing External Sounds
Starting and Stopping Sounds

Managing the Volume of Sound
Loading External Video
Controlling Video Playback
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Appendix A: Index