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Flash Action Script: Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Flash (Visual (Paperback))

Flash Action Script: Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Flash (Visual (Paperback))
By Denise Etheridge

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This great guide uses the VISUAL approach to cover features of ActionScript. Take in all the information in two–page spreads, so there is no flipping back and forth between topics. This book was created for the professional, advanced level visual learner.

Flash ActionScript: Your visual blueprint for creating Flash–enhanced Web sites covers how ActionScript works with Flash, actions, objects, properties and functions, operators and variables, Flash movies, and program debugging.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #679074 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-03-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 320 pages

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From the Back Cover
Your visual blueprint for creating Flash–enhanced Web sites
Plus sample graphics, a searchable e–version of the book, and more

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional–level computer topics. Open the book and you’ll discover step–by–step screen shots that demonstrate over 130 key Flash ActionScript

techniques, including:

  • Assigning ActionScript to a frame
  • Testing a movie
  • Concatenating strings
  • Using logical operators
  • Creating arrays
  • Setting volume and panning
  • Creating a scrollable text box
  • Working with multiple movies
  • Creating smart clips
  • Debugging your script

Web development tools on CD–ROM!

  • Macromedia Flash, Director Shockwave Studio, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver UltraDev, and FreeHand trial versions
  • Photoshop tryout from Adobe
  • Paint Shop Pro evaluation
  • version from JASC Software
  • Plus a searchable e–version of the book
  • "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips
  • High–resolution screen shots demonstrate each task
  • Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
  • Two–page lessons break big topics into bite–sized modules

About the Author
Denise Etheridge is the president of BayCon Group Incorporated, a consulting firm specializing in software installation, implementation, and training. Prior to founding BayCon Group, she worked in various organizations as a consultant and trainer. The BayCon Group Web site features online tutorials and attracts over 70,000 visitors per month. The BBC has honored the site as among the Best of the Web in the education category. Denise is the author of several of the site′s tutorials, including Flash 5, Paint Shop Pro, Scalable SQL, Windows 98, Excel, and Word.