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Flash MX Tutorials
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Director: Erick Vera
Producer: Wayne Wieseler
Writing: Jody Bleyle, JuLee Burdekin, Mary Burger, Dale Crawford, Marcelle Taylor
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First Edition: February 2002
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 CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
Introduction to Flash MX Tutorial
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What you should know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
View the completed movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Analyze the stiletto.fla file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Define properties for a new document and create a gradient background . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Create and mask vector art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Tween bitmap effects within a movie clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Load dynamic text at runtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Add animation and navigation to buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Add streaming and event sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Organize your Library panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Test download performance and publish the movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The next steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CHAPTER 2
Introduction to ActionScript Tutorial
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View a completed movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Initialize the movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Save and retrieve information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Display information in a dynamic text box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Write an expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Control the flow of the movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Create commands and reuse code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Use a built-in object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Test the movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
The next steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
CHAPTER 3
Introduction to Components Tutorial
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Types of components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
View the completed form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Create a form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
The next steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Contents
 CHAPTER 1
Introduction to Flash MX Tutorial
This tutorial guides you through the process of creating a compelling Web experience with
Macromedia Flash MX. By completing the tutorial, you’ll learn how to design a movie, from
opening a new document to publishing the movie for Web playback. The tutorial takes
approximately three hours to complete, depending on your experience, and will teach you how to
do the following tasks:
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Analyze a completed movie
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Define document properties and create a gradient
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Create and mask vector art
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Tween bitmap effects within a movie clip
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Load dynamic text
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Modify buttons and add navigation
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Add streaming and event sounds
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Te s t a n d p u b l i s h t h e m o v i e
We recommend that you complete the eight sections that comprise the tutorial in sequence,
although you may choose to review only the sections that interest you. If you do complete the
tutorial out of sequence, keep in mind that later sections assume you’ve mastered skills introduced
in earlier sections.
What you should know
Before taking the tutorial, complete the seven lessons found in Flash Help. These interactive
lessons created in Flash introduce you to the concepts you need to know to complete the tutorial.
Lesson topics include the following:
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Getting Started with Flash MX
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Illustrating in Flash
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Adding and Editing Text
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Creating and Editing Symbols
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Understanding Layers
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Creating Buttons
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Creating Tweened Animation
To take a lesson, choose Help > Lessons, then select from the list.
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