Extending Flash MX 2004: Complete Guide and Reference to JavaScript Flash

by Keith Peters, Gerald YardFace

Overview

* Learn the new, powerful features in the new release of Flash. Covers all new areas of extensibility: commands, tools, timeline effects, behaviors, and advanced topics. This book will allow you to streamline day-to-day development by showing you how to custom-build your own commands and tools. Plenty of useful examples are included throughout to demonstrate each area.

* Two books in one: first part will actually get the person to understand and be able to use the Extensibility features, not just copy and paste the code in the book, but have a conceptual understanding of how it works and be able to create their own extensions. The second part of the book will be a complete reference guide, that one will want to keep around to look up commands, syntax, parameters, etc.

* At this time, it’s the only book covering the subject, and this book actually covers extensibility in both Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004.

* The reference content and example files will be available from the book’s companion site, www.flashextensibility.com – this site aims to be the premier site for designers and developers to go to for Flash extensibility material.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590593042
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	01/28/2004
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Keith Peters lives in the vicinity of Boston with his wife, Kazumi, and their daughter, Kristine. He has been working with Flash since 1999, and has co-authored many books for friends of ED, including Flash MX Studio, Flash MX Most Wanted, and the ground-breaking Flash Math Creativity. In 2001, he started the experimental Flash site, BIT-101 (BIT-101.com), which strives for a new, cutting edge, open-source experiment each day. The site won an award at the Flashforward 2003 Flash Film Festival in the Experimental category. In addition to the experiments on the site, there are several highly regarded Flash tutorials which have been translated into many languages and are now posted on web sites throughout the world. Keith is currently working full time doing freelance and contract Flash development and various writing projects.

Table of Contents

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Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"For those who know ActionScript, JavaScript or XML, this book is extremely interesting – it shows you exactly how to expand Flash’s toolset to suit your needs." - Computer Arts

"Great stuff. The narrow scope of the subject matter has given the authors the space to thoroughly cover this important new feature of Flash MX 2004." - Flashmagazine.com

"The purpose of this book is to introduce … new extensibility API. … If you plan to develop a lot of your own tools or extensions … then this reference is going to get well thumbed. … The writing team really knows their subject and has the experience to write … . the source code is available on Friends of Ed’s website. … Great stuff." (John Dalziel, flashmagazine.com, March, 2004)

"The latest title from the omnipresent friends of ED … is aimed at those very much familiar with the app and its inner workings, bringing a guide to extending its features. These include timeline effects, behaviours … providing coders with a way to add elements and create add-on tools. … For those who know ActionScript, JavaScript or XML, this book is extremely interesting – it shows you exactly how to expand Flash’s toolset to suit your needs." (Computer Arts, Issue no. 95, April, 2004)

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