Flash MX 2004 ActionScript Bible -- Foreword -- Preface -- How to Get the Most Out of This Book -- Conventions Used in the Book -- How This Book Is Organized -- Getting in Touch with Us -- Getting in Touch with Macromedia -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Part I: Conceptualizing Flash -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Flash MX 2004 -- Considering Flash MX 2004 in Context -- Understanding the Capabilities of Flash MX 2004 -- What's New in Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Pro 2004 -- Understanding the Framework -- Applying Flash MX 2004 -- Planning Flash Development -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Working with Web Technologies and Interactive Models -- Where Flash Fits into the Ever-Evolving Web -- An Overview of Companion Technologies -- Visualizing Multimedia Potential -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Architecture for Flash Movies -- An Overview of Flash Development -- Creating a Flash Plan -- Considering Flash Architecture Solutions -- Considering Data Architecture Solutions -- Organizing Assets for Production -- Using the Project Panel in Flash MX Pro 2004 -- Summary -- Part II: Laying the ActionScript Foundation -- Chapter 4: Learning ActionScript Basics -- Introducing ActionScript -- Understanding the Actions Panel -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Constructing ActionScript -- Understanding Datatypes -- Using Variables -- Using Expressions -- Working with Operators -- Using Comments Effectively -- Working with Statements -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Working with Functions -- Understanding Programming with Functions -- Defining Custom Functions -- Calling Functions -- Passing Parameters -- Returning a Value from a Function -- Referencing Functions -- Creating Function Literals -- Understanding Scope -- Creating Recursion -- Writing for Reusability -- Using Built-in Functions -- Creating Interval Functions -- Summary.

Chapter 7: Programming with Objects and Classes -- Introducing Objects -- Displaying the Time with an Object -- Working with MovieClip Objects -- Displaying the Time Using a Movie Clip -- Creating Interval Methods -- Understanding the Object Class -- Creating Custom Classes -- Making Your First Class -- Working with Advanced Class Topics -- Using the CustomActions Class -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Error Handling and Debugging -- Troubleshooting Your Flash Application -- Finding Errors in Your Application -- Finding Help in the Flash Community -- Preventing Errors -- Catching Errors Programmatically -- Debugging Your Flash Application -- Summary -- Part III: MovieClip, Button, and Drawing API -- Chapter 9: MovieClip and Button Classes -- Creating MovieClip and Button Objects at Authoring Time -- Addressing MovieClip and Button Objects -- Handling Events -- Using MovieClip Objects as Buttons -- Practicing Targeting -- Working with Appearance Properties -- Working with Self-Describing Properties -- Enabling Button-Like Behavior -- Tab-Switching, Focus, and Menus -- Affecting Timeline Playback -- Creating MovieClip Objects Programmatically -- Loading External Content -- Opening Web Pages -- Creating Draggable MovieClip Objects -- Checking for Overlapping -- Working with Coordinate Spaces -- Creating Scriptable Masks -- Practicing Attaching and Dragging MovieClip Objects -- Practicing Checking for Overlaps and Loading Content -- Summary -- Chapter 10: The Drawing API -- Introducing the Drawing API -- Working with a Drawing Utilities Class -- Practicing Dynamic Masking -- Practicing Responsive Objects -- Practicing Drawing -- Summary -- Part IV: The Core Classes -- Chapter 11: Using the Array Class -- Creating Ordered Structures -- Creating Arrays -- Using Different Types of Arrays -- Converting Arrays to Lists -- Creating New Arrays from Existing Arrays.

Sorting Arrays -- Summary -- Chapter 12: The Number Class -- Understanding Number Types -- Converting Strings to Numbers -- Detecting When a Number Is Not a Number -- Dealing with Infinite Values -- Handling Minimum and Maximum Values -- Working with Number Instances -- Creating a NumberPlus Class -- Summary -- Chapter 13: The Math Class -- Performing ActionScript Math -- Finding Absolute Values -- Rounding and Truncating Numbers -- Generating Random Numbers -- Finding the Greater or Lesser of Two Numbers -- Working with Exponents and Square Roots -- Using Trigonometric Functions in ActionScript -- Calculating Natural Logarithms and Exponentials -- Creating MathUtils -- Using Math to Draw and Animate -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Working with Dates and Times -- Working with Computer Dates -- Creating a Date Object -- Working with Date Objects -- Working with Advanced Date and Time Issues -- Displaying the Time and Date -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Working with Strings -- Understanding Primitives and Objects -- Getting and Setting Primitive Values -- Joining Strings -- Determining the Number of Characters -- Working with Substring Values -- Finding Substrings -- Getting a Character Code -- Using Character Codes to Get Characters -- Converting a String into an Array -- Changing the Case of a String -- Passing String Values to and from Applications -- Summary -- Part V: The Movie Classes -- Chapter 16: The Color Class -- An Introduction to the Color Class -- Understanding the Color Class -- Controlling the Absolute Color of a Movie Clip -- Applying Advanced Color Effects to Movie Clips -- Summary -- Chapter 17: The TextField and Selection Classes -- Understanding Types of Text -- Creating TextField Objects -- Working with TextField Object Basics -- Creating a Simple Notes Application -- Using HTML with TextField Objects.

Creating an HTML-Based Information Viewer -- Scrolling Text -- Using Events for Text Fields -- Creating a Scrolling Text Viewer -- Adding Listeners to TextField Objects -- Working with Fonts -- Creating a Random Letter Displayer -- Understanding the Selection Class -- Working with Tab Order -- Summary -- Chapter 18: Using the TextFormat Object and Style Sheets -- Working with TextFormat -- Working with Cascading Style Sheets -- Summary -- Chapter 19: The Mouse and Key Classes -- More Prebuilt Classes -- Using the Mouse Class to Control the Cursor -- Processing Keypresses with the Key Class -- Playing a Flash Animation with a Keypress -- Summary -- Chapter 20: The Stage and ContextMenu Classes -- Controlling the Movie's Stage -- Using the ContextMenu Class -- Summary -- Chapter 21: The System Class and the Capabilities and Security Objects -- Using the Top-Level System Functionality -- Determining the Client Computer's Capabilities -- Working with Player Security When Loading SWF Content -- Summary -- Chapter 22: The PrintJob Class -- Why Print from Flash? -- Controlling Printer Output from Flash -- Adding Print Functionality to Movies -- Summary -- Part VI: The Audio and Video Classes -- Chapter 23: The Sound Class -- An Introduction to the Sound Class -- Scripting Audio with the Sound Class -- Property and Method Overview of the Sound Class -- Creating and Playing a Linked Sound File -- Loading an External MP3 File -- Controlling the Volume of a Sound Object -- Applying Advanced Effects to Sound Objects -- Making a Looping Playlist -- Summary -- Chapter 24: The NetStream and Video Classes -- Working with Flash Video Files -- Loading FLV Files into a Flash Movie -- Scripting Basic Controls for a NetStream Object -- Summary -- Part VII: The Data Classes -- Chapter 25: The SharedObject and LocalConnection Classes -- Saving Data with Shared Objects.

Remembering States with Shared Objects -- Communicating with the LocalConnection Class -- Summary -- Chapter 26: The XML and LoadVars Classes -- Working with XML -- Writing Well-Formed XML -- Using XML Objects -- Loading and Sending Data with LoadVars -- Sharing Data Across Domains -- Summary -- Chapter 27: The XMLSocket Class -- Ways of Transmitting Data -- The Socket Endpoints -- Working with XMLSocket Objects in Flash Clients -- Creating a Chat Client -- Summary -- Part VIII: Using Components -- Chapter 28: Using V2 UI Components -- Getting Started with V2 Components -- Introducing the Components Panel -- Adding New Component Instances -- Naming Component Instances -- Setting Component Parameters -- Understanding the Fundamental UI Component APIs -- Looking at the Standard Form UI Components -- Looking at the Standard Content Display Management Components -- Looking at the Professional UI Components -- Summary -- Chapter 29: UI Component Style and Focus Management -- Working with Component Styles -- Managing Focus -- Summary -- Chapter 30: Creating Your Own Components -- Understanding Component Anatomy -- Making Your First Component -- Dispatching Events -- Working with Component Metadata -- Practicing Making an Event Dispatching Component -- Building Components Based on the v2 UI Architecture -- Practicing Making a v2 Architecture Component -- Working with Styles -- Practicing Working with Styles -- Summary -- Part IX: Working with Flash in Other Environments -- Chapter 31: Working with Flash in the Web Browser -- Understanding Flash and HTML -- Passing Initialization Values to Flash from HTML -- Calling JavaScript Functions from Flash -- Detecting the Flash Player in Web Browsers -- Summary -- Chapter 32: Making Movies Accessible and Universal -- Standardizing Accessibility Concerns -- Reviewing Current Assistive Technologies.

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