Indeholder "Foreword", "Preface", "Part I. ActionScript Fundamentals", "1. A Gentle Introduction for Nonprogrammers", " Some Basic Phrases", " Furthermore ActionScript Concepts", " Building a Multiple-Choice Quiz", "2. Variables", " Creating Variables (Declaration)", " Assigning Values to Variables", " Changing and Retrieving Variable Values", " Types of Values", " Variable Scope", " Loading External Variables", " Some Applied Examples", "3. Data and Datatypes", " Data Versus Information", " Retaining Meaning with Datatypes", " Creating and Categorizing Data", " Datatype Conversion", " Primitive Data Versus Composite Data", " Copying, Comparing, and Passing Data", "4. Primitive Datatypes", " The Number Type", " Integers and Floating-Point Numbers", " Numeric Literals", " Working with Numbers", " The String Type", " Working with Strings", " The Boolean Type", " Undefined", " Null", "5. Operators", " General Features of Operators", " The Assignment Operator", " Arithmetic Operators", " The Equality and Inequality Operators", " The Strict Equality and Inequality Operators", " The Comparison Operators", " The Flash 4 String Operators", " The Logical Operators", " The Grouping Operator", " The Comma Operator", " The void Operator", " Other Operators", "6. Statements", " Types of Statements", " Statement Syntax", " The ActionScript Statements", " Statements Versus Actions", "7. Conditionals", " The if Statement", " The else Statement", " The else if Statement", " The switch Statement", " Compact Conditional Syntax", "8. Loop Statements", " The while Loop", " Loop Terminology", " The do-while Loop", " The for Loop", " The for-in Loop", " Stopping a Loop Prematurely", " Timeline and Clip Event Loops", " An Alternative to Timeline Loops:setInterval( )", "9. Functions", " Creating Functions", " Running Functions", " Passing Information to Functions", " Exiting and Returning Values from Functions", " Function Literals", " Function Availability and Life Span", " Function Scope", " Function Parameters Revisited", " Recursive Functions", " Nested Functions", " Built-in Functions", " Functions as Objects", " Centralizing Code", " The Multiple-Choice Quiz Revisited", "10. Events and Event Handling", " Synchronous Code Execution", " Event-Based Asynchronous Code Execution", " Types of Events", " Event Handling", " Event Handler Properties", " Listener Events", " Flash 5's on( ) and onClipEvent( ) Handlers", " Event Handler Lifespan", " Event Handler Scope", " Values of the this Keyword", " Flash 5-style onClipEvent( ) Order of Execution", " Copying Movie Clip Event Handlers", " Refreshing the Screen with updateAfterEvent( )", " Code Reusability", " Dynamic Movie Clip Event Handlers", " Event Handlers Applied", "11. Arrays", " What Is an Array?", " The Anatomy of an Array", " Creating Arrays", " Referencing Array Elements", " Determining the Size of an Array", " Named Array Elements", " Adding Elements to an Array", " Removing Elements from an Array", " General Array-Manipulation Tools", " Arrays as Objects", " Multidimensional Arrays", " The Multiple-Choice Quiz, Take 3", "12. Objects and Classes", " The Anatomy of an Object", " Instantiating Objects", " Object Properties", " Object Methods", " Classes and Object-Oriented Programming", " Using Standalone Object Instances as Associative Arrays", " The Almighty Prototype Chain", " Built-in ActionScript Classes and Objects", " OOP Quick Reference", " Further Topics", " Simulating Namespaces", " The Multiple-Choice Quiz, OOP Style", "13. Movie Clips", " The "Objectness" of Movie Clips", " Types of Movie Clips", " Creating Movie Clips", " Movie and Instance Stacking Order", " Referring to Instances and Main Movies", " Method Versus Global Function Overlap Issues", " Drawing in a Movie Clip at Runtime", " Using Movie Clips as Buttons", " Input Focus and Movie Clips", " Building a Clock with Clips", "14. Movie Clip Subclasses and Components", " Creating the Library Symbol", " Creating and Invoking the Subclass Constructor", " Assigning the MovieClip Superclass", " Packaging Subclass Code and Library Symbols Together", " Making Movie Clip Components", " MovieClip Sub-Subclasses", " Summary", "15. Lexical Structure", " Whitespace", " Statement Terminators (Semicolons)", " Comments", " Reserved Words", " Identifiers", " Case Sensitivity", "16. ActionScript Authoring Environment", " The Actions Panel", " Adding Scripts to Frames", " Adding Scripts to Buttons", " Adding Scripts to Movie Clips", " Where's All the Code?", " Productivity", " Externalizing ActionScript Code", " Defining Components", "17. Building a Flash Form", " The Flash Form Data Cycle", " Creating a Flash Fill-in Form", "Part II. Language Reference", "ActionScript Language Reference", " Global Functions", " Global Properties", " Built-in Classes and Objects", " Entry Headings", " Alphabetical Language Reference", "Part III. Appendixes", "A. Resources", "B. Latin 1 Character Repertoire and Keycodes", "C. Backward Compatibility and Player Build Updates", "D. Differences from ECMA-262 and JavaScript", "E. HTML Support in Text Fields", "F. Support for GET and POST", "G. Flash UI Component Summary", "H. Embedding a Flash Movie in a Web Page", "Index".

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