Learn Bench

Introduction

• Learn how to unleash your creative potential with advanced tutorials on the industry's most advanced authoring environment for creating interactive websites.
• You will learn scripting basics and then dive into how ActionScript works and how and where to include it in your applications.

Highlights

• Expand your skills beyond the basics of Flash 8 Professional with interactive lessons designed to broaden your Flash skills set.
• Tackle the advanced capabilities of ActionScript for looping movie clips, playing sounds, and creating menu buttons.
• Learn how to create compelling 2D animations and take video where it has never gone before.

ACTIONSCRIPT SYNTAX & STRUCTURE

• Changing the Position and Size of an Object
• Introducing Dot Syntax
• Using the Movie Explorer
• Placing Objects Inside Other Objects Using Paths
• Altering the Parent of an Object
• Using the Insert a Target Path Tool
• De.ning Classes, Objects, Properties, Methods, & Events
• Adding an Event Handler to a Movie Clip
• Making Things Easier by Declaring Object Types
• Using a Method to Add a Specific Action to a button
• Using Various Methods to Obtain Specific Date Data
• Creating a Named Dynamic Text Field

TEXT & FORM HANDLING

• Creating Dynamic Text Fields from Static Text
• Using ActionScript to Insert Text into a Field
• Overview of Creating Text Fields with ActionScript
• Creating New Text Fields with ActionScript
• Changing Text Color with ActionScript
• Changing Text Properties with a TextFormat Object
• Using setNewTextFormat, Grouping Scripts & Auto Format
• Embedding Fonts into a Flash Movie
• Exporting Data to a Website via URL
• Adding Navigation Between the Form & Home Text