Adobe Flash CS3: ActionScript 2

Berkshire

Reading (RG1)

25/03/10

£

595

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Course Overview

As a web developer, you want to create engaging experiences for the visitors to your sites. Thus far, you have probably created straightforward HTML or Flash files with simple animations using prebuilt components.

In this course, you will create rich Internet applications with Adobe Flash CS3 using ActionScript&reade; The site you create will pull data from external sources, so it will respond to user choices based on the information in those files. You will also manage forms, perform calculations, and tailor the interface using ActionScript programming.

Audience

The target student is the professional who wants to be an advanced developer of media technologies, on a path towards programming and web development. Target customers are advertising agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, and design- or media-focused departments within larger corporations.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, students should have taken the Adobe(R) Flash(R) CS3 Foundation course or have equivalent knowledge.

Course Outline

Using ActionScript

• Add Components from the Actions Panel
• Trace a String
• Populate a Text Area with ActionScript
• Store Data in Variables

Manipulating Components with ActionScript

• Create an Event Handler
• Create a Form with Interactive Components
• Use Conditional Logic in ActionScript

Working with Movie Clips

• Create a Movie Clip
• Check for Movie Clip Collisions
• Attach a Movie Clip from the Library Panel

Adding Data Using Built-in Classes

• Create a Dynamic Text Field
• Read Data from a Text File

Reusing Code with Functions

• Streamline Code Using Built-in Functions
• Create User-Defined Functions
• Reference an External ActionScript File

Connecting to External Data

• Examine Dynamic Content in Flash
• Add Data to an XML File
• Load Data from an External Data Source
• Create Dependent Components

Building a Navigation System

• Display SWFs Using Buttons
• Add a Submenu Using Buttons

Managing User Data Using Forms

• Gather User Data Using a Form
• Create a Submit Button
• Submit User Data