Adobe Flash CS4 ActionScript - Three Day Advanced training— Bespoke

Controlling Visual Objects with Adobe Flash ActionScript

-Using the Actions and Help panels
-Declaring variables and their data types
-Using the trace() function
-Using code hinting
-Assigning instance names and using them to assign runtime property values
-Using the with operator
-Introducing core properties of visual built-in classes: Movie Clip, Button, and Text Field
-Controlling Button and Movie Clip position and visual state
-Controlling Text Field content
-Introducing core properties of non-visual built-in classes: Math
-Using mathematical operators
-Understanding data type conversion

Using and Writing Functions

- Working with Adobe Flash Player global functions
-Converting values returned from functions and assigning them for display
-Writing user defined functions
-Returning, or not returning, data from a function
-Understanding variable scope
-Adding code within a Movie Clip symbol's own timeline
-Introducing the this operator
-Understanding object methods
-Introducing core methods of visual built-in classes: Movie Clip and Text Field
-Controlling the Movie Clip play head within its timeline
-Loading external Movie Clip content
-Understanding cross-domain security issues
-Exporting and attaching Movie Clip symbol instances at runtime
-Writing and using user defined functions to create visual content
-Understanding depth
-Dynamically referring to instance names and property names at runtime

Using Text, Dates, Math, and Paths

-Controlling Text Field formatting through code
-Creating and formatting Text Fields at runtime
-Using Date objects
-Working with String concatenation
-Generating random numbers and integers using the Math class
-Understanding relative path names
-Controlling nested Movie Clip objects

Understanding and Handling Events

-Understanding event driven programming
-Working with event handler syntax
-Moving from symbol-based to timeline-based event handling
-Introducing core events of visual built-in classes: Button, Movie Clip, and Text Field
-Controlling the play head within an event handler
-Understanding the this keyword inside an event handler
-Creating rollover effects
-Responding to Text Field focus events
-Calling a single function from multiple event handlers
-Referring to a parent object from within an event handler

Managing Color, Sound, and Data with Built-In Classes

-Understanding complex (aggregate) variables
-Working with Arrays
-Working with generic Objects
-Transforming Movie Clip objects using Transform and Color Transform objects
-Generating random color transformations
-Using Sound objects
-Creating audio feedback with event-driven sounds linked from the Library

Making Decisions and Repeating Yourself

-Understanding looped code
-Using loops and arrays to attach, name, and control Movie Clip objects
-Using loops to create, name, and control Text Fields to display data object values
-Understanding conditional code execution
-Surveying the comparison and logical operators
-Using if/else comparison to toggle Movie Clip visual states

Animating with Adobe Flash ActionScript

-Dragging and dropping a Movie Clip object
-Testing for collision between Movie Clip objects
-Initializing attached Movie Clip objects
-Using the on Enter Frame event handler
-Controlling visual change rate
-Testing and responding to position at runtime

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