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• The ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide: For Developers and Designers Using Flash

• By: David Stiller; Rich Shupe; Jen deHaan; Darren Richardson

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

• Pub. Date: October 17, 2008

• Print ISBN-13: 978-0-596-51735-9

• Pages in Print Edition: 496

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"No matter what your background, the pages that follow will provide you with some excellent knowledge, insight, and even a little bit of wisdom in the realm of Flash and ActionScript. Happy learning!" -- Branden Hall, from the Foreword Written by Flash insiders with extensive knowledge of the technology, this guide is designed specifically to help Flash designers and developers make the leap from ActionScript 2.0 to the new object-oriented ActionScript 3.0 quickly and painlessly. Formatted so you can find any topic easily, ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide explains:

• Object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts, such as packages and classes

• ActionScript 3.0 features and player enhancements that improve performance

• Workflow differences between ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 including tools, code editing, component sets, and image and font rendering

• Where did it go? A guide to help you find familiar features in ActionScript 3.0, such as global functions, operators, properties, and statements

• How do I? Step-by-step solutions for performing tasks with ActionScript 3.0, including input, sound, video, display, events, text, and more

Also included are overviews of Flash and ActionScript features and workflows. ActionScript 3.0 is a huge upgrade to Flash's programming language -- and this guide helps you upgrade your skills to match it.

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Table of Contents

 

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword

Preface

Section P2.1. What Sets This Book Apart

Section P2.2. What’s in This Book

Section P2.3. What’s Not in This Book

Section P2.4. Conventions Used in This Book

Section P2.5. This Book’s Example Files

Section P2.6. Using Code Examples

Section P2.7. Safari® Books Online

Section P2.8. How to Contact Us

Section P2.9. Acknowledgments

Part 1: ActionScript 3.0 Introduced

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1 TokenChapter 1. Introducing ActionScript 3.0

Section 1.1. Examining ActionScript 3.0, the Language

Section 1.2. Exploring Flash Player API Updates

Section 1.3. Understanding Players and Support

Section 1.4. Learning ActionScript 3.0 on the Heels of 2.0

Section 1.5. Deciding to Migrate or Write Code from Scratch

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1 TokenChapter 2. Discovering What You Need to Work with ActionScript 3.0

Section 2.1. Flash CS4 Professional/Flex Builder 3

Section 2.2. Flash Player 9 or Higher

Section 2.3. Using Other Code Editors with Flash

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1 TokenChapter 3. Looking at the Changes in ActionScript 3.0

Section 3.1. Major Changes and Obsolete Code

Section 3.2. Major Syntax and Structure Changes

Section 3.3. Additional ActionScript 3.0 Resources

Chapter 4. Exploring the Benefits of Using ActionScript 3.0

Section 4.1. Performance

Section 4.2. Efficiency

Section 4.3. Consistency

Section 4.4. Standards and Portability Among Other Technologies

Part 2: ActionScript and the Flash CS4 Authoring Tool

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1 TokenChapter 5. Creating and Working with Code

Section 5.1. Thinking in Terms of the Timeline

Section 5.2. New Features in the Actions Panel and Script Windows

Section 5.3. Setting ActionScript Preferences

Section 5.4. Associating FLA Files with AS Files

Section 5.5. Using Script Assist

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1 TokenChapter 6. Creating a Document Class

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1 TokenChapter 7. Working with Library and Linkage Changes

Section 7.1. Linkages Now Reference Classes

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1 TokenChapter 8. Copying Motion as ActionScript 3.0

Section 8.1. Copying Motion

Section 8.2. Applying Motion to Other Objects

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1 TokenChapter 9. Using ActionScript 3.0 Components

Section 9.1. Overview of the Component Set

Section 9.2. New and Removed Components

Section 9.3. Changes in Writing Code for Components

Section 9.4. Changing the Appearance of Components

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1 TokenChapter 10. Making Up for a Reduced Component Set

Section 10.1. Working Without Data Components in ActionScript 3.0

Section 10.2. ActionScript 2.0 Components in ActionScript 3.0 SWF Files

Section 10.3. Exploring Third-Party UI Components

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1 TokenChapter 11. Debugging and Troubleshooting

Section 11.1. Debugging Is a Good Thing

Section 11.2. Testing Your ActionScript 3.0 Code

Section 11.3. Reviewing Improvements in Debugging Over ActionScript 2.0

Section 11.4. Exploring the Compiler Errors Panel

Section 11.5. Using the Enhanced Debugging Workspace

Part 3: How Do I?

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1 TokenChapter 12. How Do I Draw with Code?

Section 12.1. 12.0 Introduction

Section 12.2. 12.1 Creating a Display Object Dynamically

Section 12.3. 12.2 Referencing an Object’s Graphics Property

Section 12.4. 12.3 Defining a Line Style

Section 12.5. 12.4 Drawing a Line

Section 12.6. 12.5 Drawing a Curve

Section 12.7. 12.6 Defining a Fill Style

Section 12.8. 12.7 Drawing a Rectangle

Section 12.9. 12.8 Drawing a Rectangle with Rounded Corners

Section 12.10. 12.9 Drawing a Circle

Section 12.11. 12.10 Creating a Gradient Fill

Section 12.12. 12.11 Using a Drawn Shape as a Dynamic Mask

Section 12.13. 12.12 Caching Vector as Bitmap

Section 12.14. 12.13 Applying a Simple Bitmap Filter

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1 TokenChapter 13. How Do I Work with the Display List?

Section 13.1. 13.0 Introduction

Section 13.2. 13.1 Choosing Which Type of Display Object to Use

Section 13.3. 13.2 Creating a New Display Object

Section 13.4. 13.3 Adding a Display Object to the Display List

Section 13.5. 13.4 Specifying the Depth of a Display Object

Section 13.6. 13.5 Finding a Display Object

Section 13.7. 13.6 Removing a Display Object from the Display List

Section 13.8. 13.7 Working with Children of a Display Object Container

Section 13.9. 13.8 Working with Parents of a Display Object

Section 13.10. 13.9 Casting a Display Object from One Type to Another

Section 13.11. 13.10 Changing the Parent of a Display Object

Section 13.12. 13.11 Referencing the Stage Through a Display Object

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1 TokenChapter 14. How Do I Work with Events?

Section 14.1. 14.0 Introduction

Section 14.2. 14.1 Understanding Event Listeners

Section 14.3. 14.2 Capturing Mouse Events

Section 14.4. 14.3 Understanding Event Flow

Section 14.5. 14.4 Using Event Bubbling

Section 14.6. 14.5 Using the target and currentTarget Event Properties

Section 14.7. 14.6 Simulating a Mouse Up Outside Event

Section 14.8. 14.7 Capturing Frame Events

Section 14.9. 14.8 Improving Performance by Removing Event Listeners

Section 14.10. 14.9 Capturing Keyboard Events

Section 14.11. 14.10 Capturing Stage Events

Section 14.12. 14.11 Using a Timer to Dispatch Events

Section 14.13. 14.12 Dispatching Your Own Events

Section 14.14. 14.13 Manually Calling Event Listener Functions

Section 14.15. 14.14 Capturing an Event Before It Reaches Its Target

Section 14.16. 14.15 Setting the Execution Order of Events

Section 14.17. 14.16 Using Weak Listeners

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1 TokenChapter 15. How Do I Work with Text?

Section 15.1. 15.0 Introduction

Section 15.2. 15.1 Creating a Text Field

Section 15.3. 15.2 Styling a Text Field

Section 15.4. 15.3 Creating a Password Field

Section 15.5. 15.4 Focusing a Text Field

Section 15.6. 15.5 Populating a Text Field

Section 15.7. 15.6 Automatically Sizing a Text Field

Section 15.8. 15.7 Scrolling a Text Field

Section 15.9. 15.8 Using Embedded Fonts

Section 15.10. 15.9 Formatting Text Using TextFormat

Section 15.11. 15.10 Formatting Text Using HTML

Section 15.12. 15.11 Formatting Text Using CSS

Section 15.13. 15.12 Adding Hyperlinks to Text

Section 15.14. 15.13 Triggering ActionScript from HTML Links

Section 15.15. 15.14 Selecting Text

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1 TokenChapter 16. How Do I Work with XML?

Section 16.1. 16.0 Introduction

Section 16.2. 16.1 Creating an XML Object

Section 16.3. 16.2 Loading XML

Section 16.4. 16.3 Reading an Element Node

Section 16.5. 16.4 Reading a Text Node

Section 16.6. 16.5 Working with Multiple Nodes of the Same Name

Section 16.7. 16.6 Reading an Attribute

Section 16.8. 16.7 Finding Content Using Shorthand

Section 16.9. 16.8 Finding Content Using Conditionals

Section 16.10. 16.9 Reading HTML or Entities in XML Nodes

Section 16.11. 16.10 Deleting XML

Section 16.12. 16.11 Writing XML

Section 16.13. 16.12 Writing XML with Variables

Section 16.14. 16.13 Sending and Loading XML

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1 TokenChapter 17. How Do I Work with External Assets?

Section 17.1. 17.0 Introduction

Section 17.2. 17.1 Loading and Applying a Cascading Style Sheet

Section 17.3. 17.2 Loading and Displaying an Image or SWF File

Section 17.4. 17.3 Communicating with an ActionScript 3.0 Loaded SWF

Section 17.5. 17.4 Communicating with an ActionScript 2.0 Loaded SWF

Section 17.6. 17.5 Unloading an Image or SWF File

Section 17.7. 17.6 Loading and Playing a Sound

Section 17.8. 17.7 Setting the Volume and Pan of a Sound

Section 17.9. 17.8 Visualizing the Amplitude of a Sound

Section 17.10. 17.9 Unloading a Sound

Section 17.11. 17.10 Loading and Playing a Video

Section 17.12. 17.11 Unloading a Video

Part 4: Migration

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1 TokenChapter 18. A Sample Migration

Section 18.1. A Simple Particle System

Section 18.2. ActionScript 2.0

Section 18.3. ActionScript 3.0

Section 18.4. Migration Sample Summary

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1 TokenChapter 19. Where Did It Go?

Section 19.1. Introduction

Section 19.2. Code Comparisons

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