Flash 8 Cookbook

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ISBN: 9780596102401 | 0596102402
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/30/2006

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This title, covering the newest version of Flash, is perfect for those already working with Flash. Flash developers have little time to dedicate to research on best to get something done for a project. The Cookbbook format (Problem; Solution; Discussion) provides accessible, usable solutions that are easily ported to a developer's unique project needs. Flash 8 Cookbook is aimed squarely at the most under-resourced Flash market: experienced developers. Author Joey Lott is one of the most visible and highly regarded Flash experts in the world; people talk him up online and customers go looking for his books and webposts.

Preface

Drawing in Flash

(37)

Drawing Straight Lines

(2)

Drawing Curved Lines

(2)

Modifying Curves

(1)

Selecting a Line

(1)

Applying Line Styles

(1)

Controlling How Lines Scale

(1)

Customizing Line Caps

(1)

Customizing Join Styles Between Line Segments

(1)

Creating Effects with Strokes

(1)

Drawing Primitive Shapes

(1)

Drawing Regular Polygons

(1)

Drawing Stars

(1)

Drawing Other Assorted Shapes

(1)

Building Complex Shapes from Simple Shapes

(2)

Drawing Complex Lines and Shapes

(1)

Repositioning Points on Paths

(1)

Freehand Drawing

(2)

Smoothing and Straightening Lines

(1)

Painting Shapes

(1)

Tapered Painting Using a Pressure-Sensitive Graphics Tablet

(1)

Selecting a Shape and Changing Its Attributes

(1)

Applying a Stroke to a Fill

(1)

Applying a Fill to a Closed Path

(1)

Filling in Paths with Gaps

(1)

Mixing Custom Colors

(1)

Saving and Reusing Custom Colors

(1)

Applying Preset and Custom Gradients

(2)

Applying a Fill Across Multiple Elements

(1)

Stretching, Rotating, and Repositioning Fills

(1)

Scaling Elements

(1)

Distorting and Reshaping Elements

(2)

Rotating Elements

(1)

Creating Mirror Images

(1)

Positioning Elements Precisely

(1)

Erasing Content

(1)

Importing and Exporting Artwork

(16)

Importing Assets from Fireworks

(2)

Importing Content from Freehand MX

(1)

Importing Simulated 3D Shapes from Freehand MX

(2)

Importing Acrobat PDF Content

(1)

Importing Illustrator AI and EPS Content

(1)

Exporting Single-Frame Images

(3)

Exporting Animated GIF Files

(1)

Exporting Image Maps (HTML Images with Clickable Regions)

(6)

Structuring Movies and Laying Out Content

(27)

Setting the Background Color

(1)

Setting Stage Dimensions

(1)

Setting the Frame Rate

(2)

Applying New Default Document Settings

(1)

Creating Document Templates

(1)

Lengthening the Duration of the Movie

(2)

Changing Contents on Stage

(2)

Managing Content with Layers

(2)

Hiding, Locking, and Customizing the Display of Layer Content

(2)

Customizing the Display of Layers and Frames

(2)

Using Guide Layers

(1)

Managing Complex Content with Layer Folders

(1)

Laying Out Page Elements Proportionately

(2)

Aligning, Distributing, Resizing, and Spacing Elements

(2)

Nudging Elements with the Keyboard

(1)

Grouping Elements

(1)

Reusing Elements: Creating Symbols

(4)

Creating Animation

(25)

Animating Changes in Location or Appearance

(2)

Animating Along Curved Paths

(4)

Applying Acceleration and Deceleration with Easing

(1)

Applying Advanced Tweening Effects

(1)

Animating Rotation

(1)

Looping Animations

(2)

Previewing Playback

(1)

Viewing Multiple Frames Simultaneously

(1)

Editing Many Frames Simultaneously

(1)

Morphing Graphics with Shape Tweens

(1)

Controlling Morphing

(2)

Creating Nested Animations

(1)

Copying Animations

100

(2)

Changing a Movie Clip's Location at Runtime with ActionScript

102

(1)

Animating Runtime Location Changes with ActionScript

103

(3)

Simulating 3D in Flash

106

(52)

Solutions for Integrating 3D with Flash Projects

107

(9)

Creating 3D Objects

116

(9)

Adding Simple 3D Animation to Flash

125

(9)

Animating a 3D Shape Morph

134

(1)

Vector-Based 3D Graphics

135

(1)

Realistic Raster-Based 3D Graphics

136

(5)

Creating 3D Buttons

141

(5)

Using 3D Models in Flash Not Originally Created in Swift 3D

146

(2)

Creating a 3D Product View from Multiple Angles

148

(5)

Rendering Swift 3D Animations as Flash Video

153

(1)

Adding 3D Graphics Without Leaving Flash

154

(4)

Composing Images with Bitmaps and Masks

158

(18)

Importing Bitmaps

159

(1)

Editing Bitmaps

160

(1)

Fitting Bitmaps Inside Shapes

161

(2)

Converting Bitmaps to Vector Art

163

(3)

Animating Bitmaps

166

(1)

Optimizing Bitmaps for Export

167

(3)

Using Bitmaps with Transparency

170

(1)

Masking Page Elements

171

(2)

Animating Masks

173

(3)

Working with Text Basics

176

(21)

Adding Static Text to the Stage

177

(1)

Changing the Appearance of Text

178

(1)

Making Text Follow a Curve

178

(2)

Adding Drop Shadows to Text

180

(3)

Changing the Width of Static Text Fields (Without Stretching the Text)

183

(1)

Resizing Text Fields (Stretching the Text)

184

(1)

Setting Margins, Indentation, and Leading

184

(2)

Setting Space Between Characters

186

(1)

Optimizing Static Text for Minimum File Size

187

(1)

Superscripting and Subscripting Characters

188

(1)

Making Text Nonselectable

189

(1)

Creating Text Hyperlinks

189

(2)

Adding an Email Link to Static Text

191

(1)

Opening Browser Windows with Specific Parameters Using Static Text

191

(2)

Calling ActionScript Functions from Static Text

193

(1)

Making Small Fonts Readable

194

(1)

Checking Spelling

195

(2)

Working with Dynamic Text

197

(29)

Creating Text that You Can Modify at Runtime

198

(2)

Changing Text at Runtime

200

(1)

Accepting User Input

201

(3)

Accepting Password Input

204

(1)

Limiting the Length of User Input

205

(1)

Setting Allowable Characters for Input

206

(1)

Retrieving User Input

207

(2)

Resizing Dynamic or Input Text Fields

209

(1)

Creating Multiline Text

210

(2)

Creating Scrolling Text

212

(4)

Specifying Wrapping of Multiline Fields

216

(1)

Using HTML Tags in Text

217

(3)

Entering International and Nonstandard Characters

220

(1)

Ensuring that Text Displays in the Original Font

221

(2)

Applying CSS

223

(3)

Adding Interactivity

226

(24)

Creating Buttons from Scratch

226

(3)

Creating Buttons that Animate

229

(3)

Defining the Area that Activates the Button

232

(1)

Creating Hotspots with Invisible Buttons

233

(1)

Making Buttons Respond to Clicks

234

(2)

Making Buttons Respond to Mouse Rollovers

236

(1)

Making Buttons Respond to Dragging and Releasing Off the Instance

236

(1)

Building Menus with Buttons

237

(1)

Using Slider Controls

238

(3)

Using a Dial Control

241

(2)

Creating Custom Cursors

243

(1)

Creating Animated Cursors

244

(1)

Creating Interactive Custom Cursors

244

(2)

Hiding the Hand Cursor

246

(1)

Detecting Keystrokes

247

(3)

Managing Playback

250

(19)

Pausing a Movie After It Loads

251

(2)

Preventing the Movie from Looping

253

(1)

Dividing the Timeline into Segments

253

(3)

Skipping the Playhead to a Different Frame of the Timeline

256

(3)

Creating a Basic Interface to Control Timeline Playback

259

(2)

Playing the Timeline Backward

261

(2)

Creating Seek Buttons

263

(6)

Managing Movie Clips

269

(35)

Performing Actions Repeatedly Over Time

271

(4)

Applying Transparency to Movie Clips

275

(1)

Fading Movie Clip Instances In and Out

276

(5)

Adjusting Movie Clip Instance Color

281

(3)

Animating Color Changes

284

(1)

Brightening Movie Clip Instances

285

(1)

Transforming Movie Clips (Rotation, Scaling, and Skewing)

286

(3)

Moving a Movie Clip in Front of or Behind Another Movie Clip (or a Button or Text Field)

289

(2)

Creating New Movie Clips Based on Existing Movie Clips

291

(3)

Generating Unique Depths

294

(1)

Controlling Movie Clip Playback from Different Timelines

295

(2)

Creating Simple Drag-and-Drop Functionality

297

(1)

Constraining Drag-and-Drop Areas

298

(2)

Changing Movie Clip Visibility

300

(1)

Relocating or Moving Movie Clips

301

(1)

Detecting Collisions (or Overlaps) Between Two Movie Clips

301

(1)

Adding Movie Clips at Runtime

302

(2)

Creating Presentations and Slideshows

304

(15)

Building a Presentation Using the Built-in Template

305

(2)

Building a Presentation Using a Slide Presentation

307

(2)

Adding Back and Forward Buttons to a Slide Presentation

309

(1)

Adding Transitions to Slide Presentations

310

(1)

Building a Presentation Using the Flash 8 Cookbook Components

311

(2)

Adding Buttons to a Presentation Using Flash 8 Cookbook Components

313

(1)

Adding Transition Effects to a Presentation Using the Flash 8 Cookbook Components

314

(1)

Building an Image Slideshow Using a Flash Template

315

(1)

Building an Image Slideshow Using the Flash 8 Cookbook Components

316

(1)

Adding Titles and Captions to a Slideshow Using the Flash 8 Cookbook Components

317

(2)

Building Flash Forms

319

(26)

Adding a Form Control for Gathering Text Information

320

(2)

Adding a Password Form Control

322

(1)

Adding a Menu Form Control

323

(3)

Adding a Checkbox Form Control

326

(1)

Adding a Radio Button Form Control

326

(1)

Adding a Form Control for Gathering Numeric Input

327

(2)

Adding a Clickable Button

329

(1)

Adding a Button that Can Toggle

329

(1)

Adding a Form Control for Collecting Date Information

330

(2)

Performing Actions When the User Clicks a Button

332

(2)

Retrieving Text Field, Text Input, and Text Area Values

334

(1)

Retrieving Combo Box, Single-Select List, and Numeric Stepper Values

335

(1)

Retrieving Values from Multiselect Lists

336

(1)

Retrieving Values from Checkboxes and Toggle Buttons

337

(1)

Retrieving Values from Radio Button Groups

337

(1)

Retrieving Date Values

338

(1)

Submitting Form Data to the Server

339

(3)

A Feedback Form

342

(3)

Building Advanced Flash Forms

345

(10)

Performing Actions When the User Clicks a Checkbox or Radio Button

345

(2)

Performing Actions When the User Makes a Date Selection

347

(1)

Creating a Jump Menu

347

(1)

Preselecting Date Control Values

348

(1)

Preselecting Menu Control Values

349

(2)

Validating Form Data

351

(4)

Customizing UI Components

355

(15)

Applying Individual Component Styles

355

(1)

Applying Styles to Component Groups

356

(1)

Applying Styles to Component Types

357

(2)

Applying Styles Globally

359

(1)

Working with Color Styles

359

(2)

Working with Font and Text Styles

361

(1)

Working with Border and Background Styles

362

(2)

Working with Button and Scrollbar Styles

364

(1)

Working with List Styles

365

(1)

Working with Combo Box Styles

366

(1)

Working with Radio Button, Checkbox, and Arrow Styles

367

(1)

Using Different Artwork Themes

368

(2)

Loading Images and Flash Content

370

(16)

Loading External SWF/Image Content

371

(3)

Loading External SWF/JPEG Content into a Draggable Window

374

(2)

Loading External SWF/JPEG Content into a Scroll Pane

376

(1)

Determining Load Progress

377

(3)

Hiding a Progress Bar When Content Has Loaded

380

(3)

Optimizing Download Time by Sharing Content Among Movies

383

(3)

Working with Sound

386

(15)

Importing Sounds

386

(1)

Updating Imported Sounds (When the Source File Has Been Modified)

387

(1)

Adding a Sound to a Timeline for Playback

388

(2)

Synchronizing Sounds to Animation

390

(1)

Playing a Sound with a Button

390

(1)

Applying Effects to Sounds

391

(2)

Changing the In and Out Points of a Sound

393

(1)

Looping Sounds

394

(1)

Compressing Sounds in Your Movie (Optimizing Quality and File Size)

395

(3)

Starting and Stopping Sounds with Buttons

398

(1)

Stopping All Sounds

399

(1)

Manually Synchronizing Sounds and Visuals

399

(2)

Working with Video

401

(22)

Encoding Video

402

(4)

Deploying Video

406

(3)

Playing Flash Video

409

(2)

Customizing the FLVPlayback Component

411

(2)

Adding Cue Points/Captions

413

(3)

Detecting Bandwidth

416

(3)

Optimizing Video Playback

419

(4)

Using Data

423

(16)

Loading Variables

423

(2)

Sending Variables

425

(2)

Loading Text

427

(1)

Loading XML Data with Components

428

(3)

Calling Web Service Methods with Components

431

(1)

Calling Flash Remoting Methods with Components

432

(2)

Displaying Data with Components

434

(1)

Formatting Data with Data Binding

435

(2)

Sending Data Using Data Binding

437

(2)

Building Preloaders

439

(9)

Determining How a Movie Will Download

440

(2)

Building a Simple Preloader

442

(1)

Building a Preloader that Displays Load Percentage

443

(1)

Using a Progress Bar to Create a Graphical Preloader

444

(1)

Creating Preloaders for Files with Exported Symbols

445

(1)

Creating Preloaders for Files with Components

446

(2)

Publishing Flash

448

(18)

Publishing Flash to the Browser

448

(3)

Making Flash Content that Works with DHTML Menus

451

(1)

Detecting Flash Player Version

452

(1)

Passing Parameters to Flash from HTML

453

(1)

Communicating Between Flash and JavaScript

454

(3)

Integrating Flash with the Browser Back Button

457

(3)

Publishing Projectors

460

(1)

Making Fullscreen Flash Projectors

461

(1)

Printing Flash Content

461

(3)

Hiding the Context Menus

464

(2)

Deploying Flash on Mobile Devices

466

(17)

Creating a Flash Lite Movie

466

(2)

Using the Mobile Emulator

468

(3)

Finding Supported Devices

471

(1)

Playing a Flash Lite Movie on a Device

471

(1)

User Navigation for Flash Lite

472

(3)

Overriding the Default Active Button State

475

(1)

Applying Custom Labels to the Soft Keys

476

(1)

Responding to the Soft Keys

477

(1)

Accessing External Data

478

(2)

ActionScript for Flash Lite

480

(1)

Using Sound in Flash Lite

480

(1)

The Flash Lite Development Community

481

(2)

Making Movies Accessible

483

(14)

Detecting and Redirecting Users with Assistive Devices

486

(1)

Making Content Accessible

487

(2)

Making Animated, Interactive, and Visually Complex Movies Accessible

489

(2)

Creating Accessible Buttons

491

(1)

Making Keyboard-Navigable Movies

492

(2)

Providing Captions

494

(3)

Index

497

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Flash 8 Cookbook

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials