Flash MX ActionScript: Finishing Touches
Product Code: ACTN08 Time: 3 Hour(s) CEUs: .30

Summary:

This course explains how to use ActionScript to incorporate complex multimedia elements in Flash MX movies such as a jukebox, a stereo sound controller, pop-up menus, and mouse chasers. This course explains how to combine arrays, variables, graphics, and conditional statements to create an interactive quiz game. This course also explains how to organize ActionScript files that allow the user to find coding problems more easily.

Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Create a jukebox and sound controller
  • Script a pop-up menu and mouse chaser
  • Use arrays, variables, dynamic text, and programmed buttons to create an interactive game
  • Discuss using comments on Keyframes
  • Discuss using the trace action
  • Discuss using the call action

Outline:

  • Building a Flash Jukebox
  • Building a Stereo Sound Controller
  • Programming a Pop-Up Menu
  • Creating a Mouse Chaser
  • Creating an ActionScript Quiz
  • Ten Tips for Trouble-Free ActionScript
  • Export and Import ActionScript
  • Ten Internet Resources for ActionScript

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 ElementsFlash MX ActionScript: Working with Text, Buttons, and MenusFlash MX ActionScript: Statements, Expressions, and TestingFlash MX ActionScript: Adding Advanced Features

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:

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

Terms of Use:

None

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