As you work through these lessons, you will develop the skills you need to create and maintain your own Web sites.
By the end of this course, you will be able to do all of the following:
Plan an interactive project
Understand ActionScript syntax and how it works
Use the numerous event handlers to create a variety of interactivity
Use and understand built-in objects, properties, and methods
Manipulate text and numbers dynamically to perform specific tasks
Use functions to centralize your code
Create custom objects and methods
Employ conditional logic in your movie to react to varying circumstances
Use loops to automate scripting tasks
Use and customize UI components
Move data in and out of Flash using text files and XML
Script your applications to communicate with a third-party Web service
Validate all types of data
Create text fields dynamically and format text using Cascading Style Sheets
Dynamically control movies using scripting rather than the timeline
Employ date, time, and frame-based interactivity
Script sounds to make your project more engaging
Load and unload various types of media from your projects
Test and use Flash's Debugger to maximize your project's code
Create an application that uses a third-party tool to enhance its functionality beyond Flash's built-in capabilities
Print Flash content using ActionScript