Preloading movies and pictures with the MovieClipLoader class Adobe Flash / Preloaders
In the world of Flash interactvities and multimedia applications it is always important to let the user know what is happening when the application needs to be paused while a fairly large amount of data is being loaded. To do that nothing's best than a nice preloading system.
Work with Objects and Classes Adobe Flash / ActionScript
Classes are the blueprint for objects in Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8. All objects in Flash have an underlying class; for example, all movie clips have a method called getURL(), and getURL() is defined in the class definition for a movie clip. Flash contains many predefined classes, such as the MovieClip class, the Array class, the Color class, and the CheckBox class. This tutorial will show you how to create and modify classes.
Bugs and Fixes Adobe Flash / Getting Started
Like most programs MX 2004 has a few bugs. To improve stability of Flash MX 2004 Macromedia recommend that you install the updater. Macromedia just released the second update to Macromedia Flash MX 2004, code-named Ellipsis , which updates Flash MX 2004 to version 7.2. Currently the updater is 66MB for a PC and 73MB for a Mac - so if you have a Modem don't bother !! You can find both the Mac and PC updater at:
LoadVars Class in Flash Adobe Flash / Utilities
LoadVars class is the most powerfull class for communicating with server-side technologies and to load external data from text files.
Flash MX 2004 ActionScript Learning Guide Adobe Flash / ActionScript
ActionScript is the scripting language for Macromedia Flash. It makes your Flash content interactive. ActionScript provides a more efficient way to do things in Flash, from creating simple animations through designing complex application interfaces. With the release of Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Macromedia introduced ActionScript 2.0.
Penner Motion Tweens Tutorial Adobe Flash / ActionScript
Penner Tweens use built-in Flash MX 2004 classes to script tweens. This is the touch of class that adds to any flash application / navigation / presentation. To set it up, you define an ease type, then apply the ease type to a Tween object.
Working With Flash MX 2004 and PHP Adobe Flash / Backend Integration
This tutorial is going to show you a very basic method of sending information from Flash to an external PHP script. This is merely a primer to get you working with using Flash for forms and dynamic content. The actual code for this tutorial can be used IN lower versions of Flash, but the actual process is written for Flash MX 2004.
Flash Actionscript 2.0 Vector3D Class Adobe Flash / 3D Effects
This class called "v3d" is meant for use in 3D Flash animations. It was written by me and Deamothul, and adapted from various AS1 prototypes(AHAB, WIS, et al). It contains most of the functions needed for 3D work.
Exporting Captivate Content to Flash MX 2004 Flash tutorial Adobe Flash / Tips and Tricks
The development team for Captivate has covered all the bases by also keeping in mind "power users." These users, like you, not only use Captivate, but also integrate their demos and simulations with Flash MX 2004, learning management systems, websites and more.
Loading External Images using Flash MX 2004 Components Adobe Flash / Backend Integration
This tutorial shows you how to load external images into Flash using an Array (list) and Flash MX 2004 Components. This means that the pictures are not loaded preloaded into Flash. Therefore the Flash Movie does not have to load all the pictures before you can start to view the first picture. If you preload all the images into FLash there can be a long wait before the user can view the first picture.
Working With The Accordion UI Component Adobe Flash / Interactivity
We are going to make a simple site using the new accordion UI component in Flash MX 2004 Professional. In this tutorial I will assume that you have basic knowledge of Flash MX 2004 Professional and can get around the interface pretty easily.