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transferring variables between movie and server 640
Transition class
animating brightness level 526
TransitionManager class
about 481
and easing 482
using 485
with drawing API 554
with Tween class 496
transitions
adding with ActionScript 485
adding with behaviors 483
defining 484
transparency, and masking 377
troubleshooting. See debugging
try..catch..finally statement, writing 149, 771
Tween class
_alpha property 496
about 481, 489
and easing 482
animating blur filters 532
animating brightness level 526
continueTo() method 493, 496
fading objects with 491
importing 490
onMotionFinished event handler 494
setting duration of frames 492
to trigger animation completed 493
using 485, 490
with Drawing API 554
with TransitionManager class 496
yoyo() method 494, 496
tweens
adding with ActionScript 485
adding with behaviors 483
type checking
defined 84
dynamic 85
example 85
typographical conventions 12
U
UCS (Universal Character Set), defined 451
undefined data type 80
Unicode
and Test Movie command 712
character code 451
defined 451
support 57
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Universal Character Set (UCS) 451
unpinning scripts in the Actions panel 60
URL variables, about 101
URL-encoded format, sending information 634
user event 329
user-defined functions
defined 809
writing 213
UTF-16 encoding standard 451
UTF-8 (Unicode) 57, 451
V
values
and data types 231
manipulating in expressions 176
variables
and Debugger Variables tab 716
and Debugger Watch list 717
and operators 90
and scope 96
assigning values 88
avoiding name conflicts 387
changing value 89
comparing undefined and defined 92
converting to XML 655
declaring 88
default values 88
defined 86, 810
instance 272
loading 100, 105
loading from external text file 396
loading into text fields 392
local 98
modifying in Debugger 717
naming 48
naming rules and guidelines 91
passing by reference 94
passing from HTML 393
passing values from URL string 101
sending to URL 564
setting using a path 122
timeline 97
transferring between movie clip and server 640
URL encoded 101
using 93
using FlashVars to pass 104
using in a project 106
using in an application 92
Variables tab, Debugger 716