Guide To Instructional Media - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-GETTING STARTED WITH FLASH Getting Started

Screen-based visual development environment
A visual programming environment
visual programming environment, which is ideal for developing applications. For more
information, see "Slide screens and form screens (Flash Professional only)"in Using Flash.
Slides-based authoring
presentations. For more information, see "Slide screens and form screens (Flash Professional
only)" in Using Flash.
A new generation of components
Advanced components support
tab navigation. Although the components have a new sophisticated design, you can easily reskin
them to modify their appearance. For more information, see "Benefits of using components" in
Using Components.
Data interactivity
Data binding
manipulate, display, and update data through components or ActionScript. For more
information, see Chapter 14, "Data Integration (Flash Professional Only)" in Using Flash.
Prebuilt data connectors for Web Services and XML
to web services and XML data sources easily. For more information, see Chapter 14, "Data
Integration (Flash Professional Only)," in Using Flash.
Performance improvements
application to work efficiently with large amounts of data.
Team productivity
Project management
control, and workflow optimization for teams of Flash users working together. For more
information, see Chapter 2, "Working with Projects (Flash Professional Only)," in Using Flash.
Source code control
to industry-leading source control systems such as Microsoft Visual Source Safe. For more
information, see Chapter 2, "Using version control with projects (Flash Professional only)," in
Using Flash.

Guide to instructional media

Flash contains a variety of media to help you learn the program quickly and become proficient in
creating your own Flash applications.
Slide screens provide functionality designed for sequential
New components now support focus management to control
Data binding allows you to connect any component to various data sources to
Performance improvements on large record sets allow your
The Project panel enables centralized project file management, version
Flash Professional provides source code control integration with plug-ins
Flash MX Professional 2004 introduces a forms-based
New components allow you to connect

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