ActionScript: The Complete Reference

This is a reference on ActionScript, Macromedia Flash MX's native programming language. It examines the enhanced UI components, new object-oriented features of ActionScript and more. For those who wish to integrate sophisticated interactive elements into their Flash applications, and take Web application development to the next level.

"Full of colorful examples that bring the code descriptions to life, something Macromedia's own material just doesn't do." --David Emberton

The Definitive Resource on ActionScript programming

Push Flash MX further with this comprehensive volume on the features and capabilities of ActionScript. Cover fundamental ActionScript actions like controlling motion, movie clips, and interaction. Take advantage of new properties and methods, object-oriented features, and user interface components--plus handle variables and format text dynamically with new formatting objects. Work with ActionScript objects and Object-oriented Programming to develop complex designs and reuse modules for other components. "Macromedia Flash MX "ActionScript: The Complete Reference will help you utilize the native programming language of Macromedia Flash to construct powerful Web applications that are both visually attractive and highly functional.Increase the speed and download time of your Flash animations Integrate interactive elements into your Flash applications Experiment with motion graphics utilizing new properties and methods Understand basic actions, operators, functions, properties, and constants Optimize your code with new ActionScript coding standards Dynamically format text and variables with new text-formatting objects Dynamically configure Flash MX UI components Use XML and XML open socket technology with Flash MX Load and format remote files in Flash