Macromedia Flash ActionScript Tutorials

Installing the sample files

Installing the sample files I’ve created all the sample code for my upcoming book, tentatively titled Essential ActionScript 3.0, …

Moving from ActionScript 2.0 to ActionScript 3 ...

Moving from ActionScript 2.0 to ActionScript 3.0 Upgrading ActionScript 2.0 code to ActionScript 3.0 entails some mandatory changes to …

Debugging ActionScript 2.0 Code: Lifting the B ...

Debugging ActionScript 2.0 Code: Lifting the BlindfoldProgramming can be a bit like navigating blindfolded in a petting zoo. Sure, you …

Meet the Output panel

Meet the Output panel Your first stop is the Output panel, which displays text that is output either by Flash or by you. To view the Ou …

Meet the Debugger panel

Meet the Debugger panel Ready to step up? The Debugger panel provides a much more comprehensive, interactive view than trace() of the i …

Debugging SWF files in a browser

Debugging SWF files in a browser Debugging a SWF file from the comfort of Flash is one thing; debugging from the confines of a browser …

ActionScript 2.0 Best Practices

ActionScript 2.0 Best PracticesActionScript coding conventions are very important for Macromedia Flash designers and developers to ensu …

Naming Conventions

Naming Conventions Typically, you spend 80% of your development time debugging, troubleshooting, and practicing general maintenance, es …

Using Comments in Your Code

Using Comments in Your Code This section describes how to use comments in your code. Comments document the decisions you make in the co …

ActionScript Coding Conventions

ActionScript Coding Conventions One of the most important aspects about programming is consistency, whether it relates to variable nami …

ActionScript and Flash Player Optimization

ActionScript and Flash Player Optimization If you compile a SWF file that contains ActionScript 2.0 with publish settings set to Flash …

Formatting ActionScript Syntax

Formatting ActionScript Syntax Formatting ActionScript 2.0 code in a standardized way is essential to writing maintainable code, and it …

Using Matrices for Transformations, Color Adju ...

Using Matrices for Transformations, Color Adjustments, and Convolution Effects in FlashFor most Flash developers, the word “matri …

Defining the Matrix

Defining the Matrix Wikipedia defines a matrix as “a rectangular table of numbers or, more generally, of elements of a ring-like …

Transformation Matrix

Transformation Matrix The logical place to start the discussion on matrices is with the class flash.geom.Matrix. As I mentioned in the …

Color Matrix

Color Matrix You can use matrices to manipulate colors in Flash. Before Flash 8, the only way you could manipulate colors was by varyin …

Convolution Matrix

Convolution Matrix Flash 8 introduces some very powerful tools for manipulating bitmaps at the pixel level. Included in this list of to …

Flash ActionScript 2.0 Learning Guide

ActionScript is the scripting language used by Macromedia Flash. It makes your Flash content interactive. ActionScript provides a more …

Flash MX 2004 ActionScript Learning Guide: Ove ...

Flash MX 2004 ActionScript Learning Guide: Overview ActionScript is the scripting language for Macromedia Flash. It makes your Flash co …

About Script Assist

About Script Assist If you are uncomfortable writing ActionScript code or syntax, you might want to try using Script Assist mode in the …

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