MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING ACTIONSCRIPT IN FLASH Use Manual page 337

best practices 98
built-in 60
calling 63
coding conventions 72
constructor 324
conversion 35
custom 61
defining 61
for controlling movie clips 206
local variables in 62
passing parameters to 62
returning values 62
sample 27
G
garbage collection 89
getAscii() method 184
getter/setter methods of classes 267
getting information from remote files 275
getting mouse pointer position 183
getURL() method 181
global classpaths 268
global variables 46
and strict data typing 41
grouping statements 30, 31, 32
H
handlers. See event handlers
hitTest() method 192
HTML
example of using with styles 232
styling built-in tags 231
supported tags 237
tags enclosed in quotation marks 237
using <img> tag to flow text 236, 239, 242
using cascading style sheets to define tags 234
using in text fields 237
HTTP protocol 275
communicating with server-side scripts 277
HTTPS protocol 275
I
icons
above Script pane 142
in Debugger 161
ID3 tags 298
identifiers, defined 25
images
embedding in text fields 242
loading into movie clips 209
See also external media
importing
classes 271
scripts, and language encoding 152
indentation in code, enabling 152
information, passing between SWF files 275
inheritance 249
allowed from only one class 259
and subclasses 258, 260
initialization, writing ActionScript 86
initializing movie clip properties 219
instance members 263
instance names
assigning 57
compared with variable names 222
defined 26, 205
setting dynamically 56
instances
defined 25, 197
example of creating 253
instantiating objects 198
interactivity, in SWF files
creating 179
techniques for 182
interfaces 249
as data types 262
at runtime 263
coding conventions 74
creating 261
creating and using 261–263
IP addresses
and policy files 291
and security 288
J
JavaScript
alert statement 165
and ActionScript 24
and Netscape 288
international standard 24
Netscape Navigator documentation 24
sending messages to 286
JPEG files
embedding in text fields 242
loading into movie clips 209, 296
preloading 301
jumping to a URL 181
Index 337