Product Description

If you're a true Flash master--and we're betting you are--you know that the real power behind the throne in Macromedia's wildly popular Web animation software is its programming language: ActionScript 2.0. Offering a more robust programming model and better object-oriented programming support than ever before, ActionScript 2.0 allows you to take your Flash MX 2004 designs to new levels--if, that is, you know how to make full use of it. This volume, from the folks behind the software, makes sure that you do! In this highly cross-referenced dictionary, you'll find detailed descriptions of every ActionScript operator, keyword, statement, action, property, function, object, component, and method. What's more, an invaluable chart will help you locate definitions for symbolic operators or methods even when you don't know the object or component class. To top it all off, Macromedia has rounded up a posse of Flash and ActionScripting luminaries to contribute articles on a range of topics--from converting ActionScript 1.0 to ActionScript 2.0 to using design patterns in Flash.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #506255 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-13
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 2.14" h x 7.05" w x 9.00" l, 3.49 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 1056 pages

From the Back Cover
The ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference for Macromedia Flash 8 is a comprehensive reference manual that describes the application programming interface (API) for Macromedia Flash Player, the most pervasive client runtime environment in the world. It includes valuable syntax and usage information; detailed descriptions of classes, functions, properties, and events; and copy-and-paste code samples for every element in the ActionScript language.

The ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference for Macromedia Flash 8 will help you:
•    Learn how to use specific APIs efficiently and effectively
•    Understand the range and variety of functionality ActionScript offers
•    Repurpose Macromedia-tested code in your own applications

Powerful development and design tools require thorough and authoritative technical advice and documentation. When it comes to Macromedia Flash, no one is more authoritative than Macromedia Development and writing teams. Now their official documentation is available to you in printed book form. As you work, keep this guide by your side for ready access to valuable information on using Flash. We’ve designed it so that it’s easy to annotate as you progress.

About the Author
We have put together a team of Flash community leaders to author important articles of interest to those using ActionScript and ActionScript 2.0: aYo Binitie, Jeremy Brown, Randy Drisgill, Alistair McLeod, William Sanders, Jeff Tapper, and Steven Webster. Together these community leaders have contributed to numerous publications and have been mainstays at Flash conferences around the world.