Flash CS4: Introduction to ActionScript 3

Introduction

• ActionScript 3 - strengths and weaknesses
  
• Object Orientated programming concepts
  

Declaring and tracing simple variables

• Declaring a variable
  
• Setting its datatype
  
• Assigning a value
  
• Tracing its value
  

Setting MovieClip object properties

• Creating a MovieClip symbol object
  
• Assigning an instance name
  
• Setting default property values
  

Setting button object properties

• Creating a button symbol object
  
• Setting default property values
  
• Assigning runtime property values
  

Setting TextField object properties

• Creating TextField object properties
  
• Assigning an object name
  
• Displaying concatenated text
  

Displaying Math constants in a TextField

• Calculating a value
  
• Using Math class constants
  
• Displaying calculated values
  

Displaying system values

• Adding code to keyframes
  
• Displaying player version
  
• Displaying time lapse
  

Declaring a user defined function

• Passing arguments
  
• Calling a function
  
• Displaying return values
  

Using code layers

• Loading external MovieClip content
  
• Linking objects in separate external movies
  

Attaching MovieClips at runtime

• Exporting a symbol for Actionscript
  

Reformatting TextField objects at runtime

• Creating a TextFormat object
  
• Creating and formatting a TextField at runtime
  

Display a formatted date

• Display date object values
  

Displaying random integers

• Displaying a random value
  
• Calculating a random value range
  
• Rounding a random value to an integer
  

Understanding path names

• Using absolute path names
  
• Using relative path names
  

Migrating On handler code to timeline

• Writing an onPress() handler
  

Creating MovieClip rollover

• Attaching library content
  

Writing handlers to manage TextField input

• Displaying visual feedback to form entry
  

Adding object and instance properties

• Adding a method to an object
  

Using a Sound object to link or load sounds

• Creating audio feedback
  

Looping over Array Values

• Tracing array values
  
• Tracing names and values
  

onRollOver events

• Writing an onRollOver handler
  

Creating a visual class

• Creating an init() method
  

Animating MovieClips with ActionScript 3

• Convert tweens to ActionScript