MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH Manual page 826

slash syntax
about 124
not supported in ActionScript 2.0 124
using 790
socket connections
about 661
sample script 662
sounds
attaching to Timeline 573
balance control 575
controlling 573
See also external media
special characters 80
Stage, attaching symbols to the 362
statements
about 141
compound 142, 768
conditional 143, 767
defined 114, 808
for 769
guidelines for writing 141
if 144
if..else 145
if..else if 146
importing 231
switch 147
trace statements 728
try..catch..finally 149, 771
while and do while 770
with 758
static members 298
static members. See class members
static text 383
stepping through lines of code 722
stopping movie clips 563
strict data typing 86
String class
about 450, 457
and substr() and substring() methods 467
charAt() method 461
concat() method 465
length property 460, 463
split() method 466
toLowerCase() and toUpperCase() methods 464
toString() method 464
string literal 809
strings 79
about 450
analyzing 460
comparing 460
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comparing to other data types 463
converting and concatenating 464
converting case 464
creating 458
creating an array of substrings 466
defined 451, 809
determining length 460
examining characters 461
finding character position 468
finding substring 467
forcing type comparisons 463
looping over 461
returning substrings 467
using 459
Strings panel 452
stroke styles 548
strokes
setting parameters 549
setting styles 548
strong typing 81, 86
style sheets. See cascading style sheets
styles
line 548
stroke and caps 548
styles, stroke and caps 548
subclasses
creating for movie clips 378
example 304
writing 303
subclasses, about 302
super prefix 757
superclass 303
surfaces
bitmap caching 809
defined 369
SWF files
controlling in Flash Player 666
creating sound controls 573
embedding in text fields 445
jumping to frame or scene 562
loading and unloading 355
loading into movie clips 593
maintaining original size 664
passing information between 634
placing on Web page 564
scaling to Flash Player 664
See also movie clips
switch statements
conventions 770
using 147