Flash MX ActionScript Series: Finishing Touches
Product Code: ACTN08 Time: 3.0 hour(s) CEUs: Available

Summary:

This course explains how to use ActionScript to incorporate complex multimedia elements in Flash MX movies such as a jukebox, a stereo sound controller, pop-up menus, and mouse chasers. This course explains how to combine arrays, variables, graphics, and conditional statements to create an interactive quiz game. This course also explains how to organize ActionScript files that allow the user to find coding problems more easily.

Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Create a jukebox and sound controller
  • Script a pop-up menu and mouse chaser
  • Use arrays, variables, dynamic text, and programmed buttons to create an interactive game
  • Discuss using comments on Keyframes
  • Discuss using the trace action
  • Discuss using the call action

Topics:

  • Building a Flash Jukebox
  • Building a Stereo Sound Controller
  • Programming a Pop-Up Menu
  • Creating a Mouse Chaser
  • Creating an ActionScript Quiz
  • Ten Tips for Trouble-Free ActionScript
  • Export and Import ActionScript
  • Ten Internet Resources for ActionScript

Technical Requirements:

200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 640 x 480 256-color video (800 x 600 is recommended). Windows 98, NT, 2000, or XP. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher required. (5.5 or higher for MindLeaders Central) Minimum Connection Speed: 28.8k. Sound card, with speaker or headphones is recommended, but not required to play the courses. Macromedia Flash Player 7.0 (Note: We do not recommend or support installation of the Yahoo toolbar.) JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape and AOL browsers not supported.

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