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CHAPTER 3
Tutorial: Building Your
First Flash Application
This tutorial guides you through the process of creating a simple
application using some of the authoring features in Macromedia Flash
Basic 8 and Flash Professional 8. A Flash application, broadly defined, can
be as simple as content that offers interactivity, or as elaborate as a robust
application that interacts with a variety of data sources.
If you have not already done so, Macromedia recommends that before you
take this tutorial you read
“Flash basics” on page 57
.
In this tutorial, you will complete the following tasks:
Review your task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Examine the completed application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Create a working folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Create a new document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Create symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Edit a symbol Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Add actions to frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Add labels to frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Add motion tweens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Edit the main Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Create the border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Add a symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Add a text box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Add the movie clip to the Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Add a button component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Add ActionScript code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Publish your document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
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Summary of Contents for FLASH 8-GETTING STARTED WITH FLASH
Page 1: ...Getting Started with Flash...
Page 26: ...26 Introduction...
Page 94: ...94 Flash Basics...
Page 152: ...152 Index...
