Publisher's Synopsis
Knowledge of ActionScript is essential for motion web designers using Flash. In the summer 2000 release of Flash 5, the capabilities of ActionScript as a fully-fledged scripting language were expanded dramatically. The pressure on web designers using Flash has been seriously stepped up. If you want to compete in state-of-the-art interactive web design, you had better learn ActionScript. In Flash 5, as well as the ActionScript language being raised to a much more sophisticated level than before, there is also a fully featured visual development environment built into the package. This book covers everything you need to know about the theory and practice of great interactive design with Flash: * The underlying programming skills necessary for advanced ActionScripting * Using ActionScript to replace and enhance conventional, timeline-based animation * Interfacing with external data using ActionScript * Interaction between Flash and the browser environment, using JavaScript and ActionScript
