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INTRODUCTION TO ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0

• A brief history of Flash and ActionScript ActionScript 3.0 for new programmers and for users of ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0

NAVIGATING THE FLASH TIMELINE

• Getting started
• Placing code on the Flash timeline
• Some suggestions to try on your own

WORKING WITH EVENTS AND FUNCTIONS

• Creating event listeners and event handling functions
• Creating navigation with a button click
• Some suggestions to try on your own

CREATING ANIMATION WITH ACTIONSCRIPT

• Reviewing the starting file
• Controlling MovieClip properties with ActionScript
• Creating animation using ActionScript tweens
• Some suggestions to try on your own

CREATING ACTIONSCRIPT IN EXTERNAL FILES

• Creating an ActionScript file
• Creating instances of a class file in Flash
• Some suggestions to try on your own

USING ACTIONSCRIPT AND COMPONENTS TO LOAD CONTENT

• Creating an instance of the List component and setting its parameters
• Adding an instance of the UILoader component
• Adding a CHANGE event listener to the List component
• Loading SWF files into a UILoader component
• Creating the gallery file
• Adding a scroll bar to the text field
• Some suggestions to try on your own

CREATING PRELOADERS IN ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0

• Tools in the testing environment
• Creating a text field and progress bar to track loading
• Inserting ActionScript to track progress of the UILoader component
• Controlling the frames of a MovieClip to reflect loading progress
• Some suggestions to try on your own

USING ARRAYS AND LOOPS IN ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0

• Examining the starting file
• Adding MovieClip instances to the stage from the Library
• Generating multiple instances with a for loop
• Adding event listeners to the Block instances
• Creating animation using ENTER_FRAME
• Adding the testDone() function
• Some suggestions to try on your own

CREATING A RADIO BUTTON QUIZ IN AN ACTIONSCRIPT FILE

• Examining the starting file
• Creating a new ActionScript file
• Setting up the RadioButtonQuiz class
• Adding variables to the RadioButtonQuiz class
• Creating the quiz functionality
• Formatting text with ActionScript
• Creating the quiz Creating checkAnswer() -- the final function
• Integrating your new class into the Flash project
• Some suggestions to try on your own

CONTROLLING SOUND WITH ACTIONSCRIPT

• Examining the starting file
• Adding sliders to the project
• The Sound, SoundChannel, and SoundTransform classes
• Setting the song titles using a for loop
• Making the sliders invisible until needed
• Programming the buttons to select songs
• Controlling the visibility of the volume and pan controls
• Adding a listener for the ID3 tags of an MP3 file
• Adding a text format object
• Adding the slider controls
• Some suggestions to try on your own

WORKING WITH AN XML PLAYLIST

• Understanding the basic structure of an XML file
• Examining the starting file
• Replacing the song List array with an XML instance
• Loading an external playlist using the URLLoader class
• Responding to COMPLETE and 10_ERROR events
• Moving the event listeners into the xmlLoaded() function
• Updating the chooseSong() function
• Creating hyperlinks using XML data
• Navigating through the song list
• Some suggestions to try on your own

USING ACTIONSCRIPT AND COMPONENTS TO CONTROL VIDEO

• Adding the FLVPlayback component
• Setting FLVPlayback properties in Flash
• Adding ActionScript control of FLVPlayback properties
• Working with color
• Adding the FLVCaptioning component
• Playing multiple video files from an XML playlist
• Using the full-screen publish settings
• Some suggestions to try on your own

EXTRA CREDIT
(As time permits)

DELVING DEEPER INTO GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION WITH ACTIONSCRIPT

• Inverse kinematics in Flash CS4
• Examining the starting files
• Working with IK animation in ActionScript
• Creating Sound and SoundChannel instances
• Playing and stopping the sound effects
• Accessing the user's webcam or video camera using ActionScript
• Using the Bitmap and BitmapData classes
• Examining the Pixel Bender Toolkit
• Suggestions to try on your own

PRINTING AND SENDING EMAIL WITH ACTIONSCRIPT

• Examining the starting file
• Adding a simple email link
• Sending email from Flash
• Adding printing capabilities with the PrintJob class
• Some suggestions to try on your own

CREATING ADOBE AIR APPLICATIONS WITH FLASH AND ACTIONSCRIPT

• AIR-specific ActionScript Flash publish settings for an AIR project
• Including a file in the AIR application
• Creating an AIR application
• Examining the starting file
• Listening for drag events
• Some suggestions to try on your own

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