MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH Operation instructions

Flash Tutorials

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Acknowledgments

Project Management: Sheila McGinn

Writing: Jay Armstrong, Jen deHaan

Managing Editor: Rosana Francescato

Lead Editor: Lisa Stanziano

Editing: Evelyn Eldridge, Mark Nigara, Lisa Stanziano, Anne Szabla

Production Management: Patrice O’Neill, Kristin Conradi, Yuko Yagi

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testers, and the entire Flash and Flash Player engineering and QA teams.

First Edition: September 2005

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Contents

Chapter 1: Basic Tasks: Create a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Take a tour of the user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Change background and Stage size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Change your view of the Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

View the Library panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Add graphics to the Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Add video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

View object properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Add video control behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Use the Movie Explorer to view the document structure . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Test the document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Find help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 2: Basic Tasks: Creating a banner, Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Examine the completed FLA file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Creating a new document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Changing document properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Importing graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Introducing layers and the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Test the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 3: Basic Tasks: Creating a banner, Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . 43

Examine the completed FLA file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Adding text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Creating a symbol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Adding animation to a timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Creating a button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Writing simple actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Test the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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Chapter 4: Basic Tasks: Creating a banner, Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . .63

Examine the completed FLA file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Considering your audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Checking your publish settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Inserting Flash on a Dreamweaver site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Using roundtrip editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Checking for Flash Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Test the application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Chapter 5: Basic Tasks: Create Accessible Flash Content . . . . . 79

Set up your workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Make your document accessible to screen readers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Provide a document title and description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Provide a title and description for instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Specify that screen readers ignore elements in your document . . . . . 83

Change static text to dynamic text for accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Control the tab order and reading order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

About testing your document with screen readers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Chapter 6: Basic Tasks: Work with Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Set up your workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Select a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Hide and show layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Lock a layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Add and name a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Change the order of layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Organize layers in a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Add a mask layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Add a guide layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Delete a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Chapter 7: Basic Tasks: Create an Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Set up your workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Copy input and dynamic text fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Name text fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Add and name a Button component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Declare variables and values for the prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Specify values for input text fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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Write a function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Write an event handler for the component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Test your application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Chapter 8: Basic Tasks: Use Layout Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Set up your workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Use guides to align an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Change the Stage size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Resize objects to match the Stage size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Specify snap alignment settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Align an object using the alignment guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Align objects using the Align panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Snap objects to each other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Align objects using the Property inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Align objects using the grid and arrow keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Chapter 9: Basic Tasks: Create Symbols and Instances . . . . . . 117

Set up your workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

About creating symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Create a graphic symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Duplicate and modify an instance of a symbol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Modify a symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Create a movie clip symbol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Assign an instance name to the movie clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Add an effect to the movie clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Chapter 10: Basic Tasks: Add Button Animation

and Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Set up your workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Create a button from grouped objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Name a button instance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

View the hit area by enabling buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Change the hit area of a button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Align buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Create animation for a button state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Add an action to a button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Add navigation to a button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Test the SWF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

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Chapter 11: Basic Tasks: Create a Presentation with Screens

(Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Set up your workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

View the screen hierarchy and screen Timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

View screen properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Add content to a presentation slide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Add screen navigation behaviors to buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Add and name a slide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Select and move slides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Add content to a new slide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Add transition behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Test your presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Chapter 12: Creating Graphics: Draw in Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Select a shape tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Select options to create a polygon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Draw a polygon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Rotate the shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Use the cutout feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Transform the shape of your drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Copy strokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Draw with the Line tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Select and add a different fill color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Group the shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Create a logo with the Pen tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Chapter 13: Creating Graphics: Create a Timeline Animation . . 153

Create a motion tween . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Create a shape tween . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Copy and paste keyframes in an animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Change the speed of the animation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Test the SWF file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Chapter 14: Creating Graphics: Making Animations with Easing

(Flash Professional only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Examine the completed FLA file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Open the starter document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Test the application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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Chapter 15: Creating Graphics: Applying Gradients . . . . . . . . . . 177

Examine the completed FLA file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Open the starter document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Apply a linear gradient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Create a radial gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Create a transform gradient with a shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Apply the finishing touches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Test the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Chapter 16: Creating Graphics: Apply Graphic Filters and Blends

(Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Review your task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Open the starter document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Apply filters and blends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Chapter 17: Text: Add Text to a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Set up your workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Create an expanding-width text block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Create a fixed-width text block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Edit text and change font attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Select device fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Add an input text field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Copy a text field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Assign instance names to text fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Create a dynamic text field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Specify format options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

View ActionScript for the dynamic text field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Test the SWF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Check spelling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Chapter 18: ActionScript: Use Script Assist mode . . . . . . . . . . 209

Examine the completed FLA file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Open the starter document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Add a script to a button by using Script Assist mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Add frame scripts to the Timeline by using Script Assist mode . . . . .218

Add a frame script to the Title movie clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Test the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

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Chapter 19: ActionScript: Write Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Set up your workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Create an instance of a symbol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Name button instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Initialize the document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Apply ActionScript syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Locate ActionScript reference documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Add comments to ActionScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Write a function for a button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Copy and modify a button function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Check syntax and test your application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Chapter 20: ActionScript: Add Interactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Set up your workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Name button instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Add a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Move between scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Control the document with a stop() action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Link a button to a scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Add navigation to return to Scene 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Play a movie clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Use a behavior to play an MP3 file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Test your document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Chapter 21: ActionScript: Create a Form with Conditional Logic

and Send Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Set up your workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Add an input text field to collect form data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Add a Submit button to the form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Add an error message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Add a confirmation message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Add a stop() action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Add frame labels for navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Add conditional logic for the Submit button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Pass data out of a SWF file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Write a function for the Try Again button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

Test your SWF file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

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Chapter 22: ActionScript: Work with Objects and Classes . . 255

Set up your workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Learn about classes and object types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Create an object from a class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Create a custom class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Create two objects from the Product class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Learn about extending existing classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Extend the MovieClip class to create a new class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Chapter 23: Data Integration: Overview

(Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Chapter 24: Data Integration: Using the Macromedia Tips Web

Service (Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Connect to a public web service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Create a user interface and bind the components with the web service

274

Chapter 25: Data Integration: Using XML for a Timesheet

(Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Create the user interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Edit the data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Chapter 26: Data Integration: Using XUpdate

to Update the Timesheet

(Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Update the timesheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

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