Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 Unleashed

by Vogeleer, David; Pizzi, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780672326066
• ISBN10: 067232606X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

Macromedia Flash is the key to designing and delivering low-bandwidth animations, presentations, and Web sites. It is also a full-fledged programming API with scripting capabilities and server-side connectivity enabling the creation of engaging applications, sophisticated Web interfaces, and interactive training courses. Flash has the ability to easily integrate with, and add interactivity to, complex media types with powerful and intuitive tools. Developers can rapidly develop high performance, accessible content using pre-assembled building blocks; and they can expand their authoring capabilities with custom extensions from independent developers. Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 Unleashedcovers these high-end topics, providing a solid and complete reference for developers. The fundamentals are covered quickly in the first part of the book, while the majority of the content is devoted to the intermediate to advanced developers who need to learn about ActionScript and how Flash works with middleware, such as ColdFusion, ASP, and XML.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Getting Started
Flash MX Professional 2004: What's New?	p. 5
Getting Started with Flash MX 2004 Professional	p. 21
Creating Graphics in Flash	p. 45
Flash Animation	p. 87
Symbols and the Library	p. 107
Publishing	p. 133
Working with Sound and Video	p. 157
ActionScript
Welcome to ActionScript 2.0	p. 179
Strings, Numbers, and Variables - In Depth	p. 215
Statements and Expressions	p. 253
The Movie Clip Object	p. 287
Functions	p. 319
Arrays	p. 349
Events	p. 375
Loading Movies	p. 395
Components	p. 421
Working with Text	p. 453
Debugging	p. 487
Outside of Flash
External ActionScript	p. 513
Introduction to Data Integration	p. 533
XML and Flash	p. 551
Integrating Flash with PHP	p. 577
Integrating ColdFusion with Flash	p. 601
Web Services and Flash	p. 623
Streaming Media	p. 649
Extending the Flash Authoring Environment	p. 665
Beyond Flash	p. 691
Appendix
The ActionScript Reference	p. 705
Index	p. 831
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