Flash MX ActionScript: Working with Text, Buttons, and Menus
Product Code: ACTN05 Time: 5 Hour(s) CEUs: .50

Summary:

This course explains how to use ActionScript to create and manipulate dynamic text within a Flash MX movie. This course also explains how to use ActionScript to create interactive buttons, drag-and-drop objects, and interactive menus.

Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Create dynamic text, input text, and rich formatted text
  • Load external data
  • Create and program a button
  • Create drag-and-drop objects
  • Create an invisible button
  • Create a customizable menu

Outline:

  • Working with Dynamic Text
  • Loading and Creating Text Data
  • Working with Input Text
  • Creating Hyperlinked Text
  • Scrolling Text
  • Building a Button
  • Programming a Button
  • Creating an Invisible Button
  • Creating Drag-and-Drop Objects
  • Using the startDrag and stopDrag Actions
  • Assembling a Customizable Menu
  • Programming Menu Buttons

Features:

  • Exercises that allow users to practice the application
  • A file containing the text of the exercises
  • Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the application
  • A glossary
  • A Skill Assessment

Applicability:

This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to use the ActionScript component of Flash MX.

Prerequisites:

Experience with Flash MXFlash MX ActionScript: Getting StartedFlash MX ActionScript: Directing and Managing MoviesFlash MX ActionScript: Using Variables, Properties, and FunctionsFlash MX ActionScript: Creating Objects and Interactive Elements

Technical Requirements:

200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 640 x 480 256-color video (800 x 600 is recommended). Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, or XP. Minimum Connection Speed: 28.8k. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher required. Authorware and Macromedia Flash player recommended but not required. JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape and AOL browsers not supported.

Copyright Information:

  • Macromedia is a registered trademark of Macromedia, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
  • Flash™ is a trademark of Macromedia, Inc.

Terms of Use:

None

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