Macromedia Flash® ActionScript: Training from the Source

Lesson 1. Introduction to ActionScript 2.0 Introductions form the start of any great relationship. Get ready, then, to be introduced to your new best friend: ActionScript! We believe you'll find ActionScript a satisfying companionespecially as you...

What You Will Learn In this lesson, you will: Use the Actions panelCreate variablesLearn the various elements that make up ActionScript ...

Approximate Time This lesson takes approximately two hours to complete. ...

Lesson Files Media Files: None Starting Files: Lesson01/Start/Balloon1.fla Lesson01/Start/AnsweringMachine1.fla Lesson01/Start/Navigation1.fla Completed Projects: Lesson01/Completed/Balloon2.fla Lesson01/Completed/AnsweringMachine2.fla Le...

What Is ActionScript? If you've been using Flash for a while then you've probably heard of ActionScript. You might not know exactly what ActionScript is or why it's importantjust that it seems to be a hot topic. In this section, you'll learn what ...

Using the Actions Panel You know that you can add ActionScript to your Flash application, but you might wonder how you add it. There is a panel, called the Actions panel, for just that purpose. The Actions panel allows you to view or edit the cod...

Creating Variables In this lesson, you were introduced to the concept of ActionScript, saw its basic syntax, and were teased with a few lines of code. Now it's time to start learning how to write some ActionScript yourself! It all starts with unde...

Code Placement In this lesson, you have learned about the Actions panel. You've seen that you can select a frame and add code to that frame by using the Actions panel. This section discusses other places where you can add ActionScript. We'll also ...

Understanding Objects, Classes, and Scope This section introduces you to some new concepts. It will be useful for you to be exposed to the ideas here before moving on to the following lessons. We will not go into much detail with objects and class...

What You Have Learned In this lesson, you have: Been introduced to the various elements that make up ActionScript (pages 312)Used the Actions panel to enter ActionScript manually, or with Script Assist (pages 1224)Created variables that change ho...