Summary

• Master Flash interactivity using ActionScript!
• Build complete Web apps, e-commerce front-ends, and games
• Use XML structured data in your Flash-based Web applications
• Learn hands-on, through expert examples
• CD-ROM: Includes all Flash movies from the book

Discover just how spectacular your Flash movies can be! In this hands-on tutorial, Dan Livingston shows how to make the most of Flash interactivity using ActionScript, Flash's powerhouse scripting language. Master ActionScript through dozens of professional-quality examples—all available on the CD-ROM and on the book's companion Web site. From scripting fundamentals to debugging, controlling the Flash Player to using XML, ActionScript is easier than you think—and more powerful than you ever imagined!

Take Flash to the limit—and beyond!

• Create Smart Clips that can take action on their own
• Build XML objects, authors, and characters
• Create elasticity, inertia, and other amazing effects
• Build complete Web and e-commerce applications
• Construct a Flash game, start to finish
• Maximize the usability of your Flash movies and more

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About the CD-ROM

The accompanying CD-ROM contains every Flash movie constructed in the book—all Mac- and Windows-compatible, and editable on any computer running Flash 5.