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Written by well-known members of the Flash community, for advanced users who need to re-conceptualize how to work with Flash MX to intelligently build applications. This book teaches Flash developers everything they need to know about application development from the ground up.

I OOP and Actionscript

Starting Off on the Right Foot

3

(16)

What's Next for Flash Developers?

4

(1)

For Intermediate ActionScript Users

5

(1)

For Intrigued Programmers

6

(1)

Getting Started the Right Way

7

(11)

Conclusion

18

(1)

OOP in Flash: A Tale of Different Angles

19

(16)

Shattering Perceptions

19

(1)

Introduction

20

(1)

A Historical Perspective

20

(2)

Object of My Desire

22

(1)

A Classy Affair

23

(4)

Extension Cords

27

(2)

Inherit a Fortune

29

(3)

Owning a Hammer Versus Building a House

32

(2)

Conclusion

34

(1)

Event Wrangling: When To Do What

35

(16)

When Bugs Attack

35

(1)

Introduction

36

(1)

What Is an Event?

36

(1)

Methods of Event Handling

37

(6)

Event Handling Best Practices

43

(3)

Forging Custom Events

46

(3)

Conclusion

49

(2)

Practical OOP: Welcome to the Real World

51

(22)

The Not-So-Great Wall of Baltimore

51

(1)

Introduction

52

(1)

Object Design

53

(5)

Relationships Between Objects

58

(8)

Flair Pattern

66

(2)

Features, Hacks, and What ActionScript Isn't

68

(3)

Conclusion

71

(2)

OOP Hands--On: An OOP Application From Start to Finish

73

(20)

A Truly ``Hands-On'' Experience

73

(1)

Introduction

74

(1)

The Game: KeyStone

74

(1)

Model-View-Presenter

75

(1)

Architecting the Game

76

(2)

Assembling the Pieces

78

(10)

Project Postmortem

88

(1)

Conclusion

89

(4)

II Components

Using UI Components

93

(32)

From Building Blocks to Real Machines

93

(1)

Introduction

94

(1)

How and Where to Get Components

95

(7)

Data-Aware Components: ListBox

102

(11)

Advanced Use of Data-Aware Components

113

(11)

Conclusion

124

(1)

Building Your First Component

125

(28)

Reinventing the Wheel---For the Last Time

125

(1)

Components: Reusable Solutions

126

(2)

Steps for Constructing a SlideShow Component

128

(22)

Conclusion

150

(1)

Next Steps...

151

(2)

The Hidden Architecture of Components

153

(26)

Introducing Nigel Pegg, Component Engineer, Macromedia

153

(1)

Introduction

154

(1)

The Philosophy and Goals of Robust Components

155

(5)

Flash MX's New Features Make Components Possible

160

(4)

Component Structure: Library Management

164

(7)

Component Structure: Layers and Asset Management

171

(4)

Component Structure: Class Management

175

(3)

Conclusion

178

(1)

Building an Advanced Component

179

(24)

Picking Up Where We Left Off

179

(2)

Component Inheritance: Extending a Component Class

181

(4)

Overwriting the init() Method

185

(6)

Adding New UI Elements

191

(5)

Extending a Super Class Method to Center Loaded Images

196

(1)

Using Guide Layers for Super Class and Library Packaging

197

(1)

Live Preview

198

(4)

Conclusion

202

(1)

Component Live Previews

203

(24)

The Beginnings of Live Preview

203

(1)

Introduction

204

(1)

What Is Live Preview and Why Does It Matter?

204

(3)

Limitations and Caveats

207

(1)

Building a Basic Live Preview: The Essentials

208

(6)

Live Preview: A Component Inside Itself

214

(3)

Building an Advanced Live Preview: Complete Methods

217

(4)

Creating the Live Preview .swf: An Anticlimax

221

(3)

Conclusion

224

(3)

III High-Level ActionScript

Debugging: Annoying Bugs and Where To Find Them

227

(16)

Bed Bugs Bite

227

(1)

Introduction

228

(1)

Compile-Time Bugs

229

(3)

Run-Time Bugs

232

(8)

Remote Debugging

240

(2)

Conclusion

242

(1)

Blurring the Line

243

(34)

Chopsticks and the Spork

243

(1)

Introduction

244

(3)

Building Blocks for Interface Programming

247

(4)

Part I: Interactivity with Movieclips Versus Buttons

251

(16)

Part II: Interactivity with Textfields and ASFunction

267

(8)

Conclusion

275

(2)

Textfield Mangling

277

(46)

Text Is King

277

(1)

Introduction

278

(1)

Text on the Web

278

(2)

Interactivity

280

(34)

HTML Support In Flash MX

314

(6)

Creating and Manipulating Textfields Dynamically

320

(2)

Conclusion

322

(1)

Talking Back---Server Integration

323

(36)

Live and Learn

323

(1)

Introduction

324

(1)

Starting Up---Passing Variables from the Embedding HTML Page

325

(2)

Loading Variables with the LoadVars Class

327

(5)

XML Class

332

(10)

New Ways of Flash-Server Talk with Flash Remoting

342

(15)

Conclusion

357

(2)

Data Structures: Sculpting Information To Suit Your Needs

359

(28)

Help! I Lost This Chapter!

359

(1)

Introduction

360

(1)

Arrays---Lists of Information

361

(9)

Using Objects as Dictionaries

370

(2)

Advanced Data Structures

372

(2)

Heaps

374

(7)

Graphs

381

(5)

Conclusion

386

(1)

Useful Code and Handy Ideas

387

(16)

Knot a Problem

387

(1)

Introduction

388

(1)

Recursion

388

(3)

Physics

391

(6)

Math Tricks

397

(3)

Using All the Stage

400

(1)

Optimization Techniques

400

(2)

Conclusion

402

(1)

Index

403

(31)

Colophon

434

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