Flash MX 2004: Developing Applications

Course Description
Course Outline

Course Overview

As a prospective Web developer, you want to create engaging experiences for visitors to your sites. Thus far, you've probably created straightforward HTML, and you may have done some programming in languages such as JavaScript, but you haven't delved into Flash yet. In this course, you'll create rich Internet applications with Flash. The site you create will pull data from external sources, so it will respond to user choices based on the information in those files. You'll also create ActionScript programming to perform calculations and tailor the interface, and you will finish by publishing the final files in .swf format.

Course Objective

You will create rich internet applications using Flash MX 2004 to dynamically integrate with external data and respond to user actions.

Target student

The target student is the professional who wants to be an advanced developer of media technologies, on a path towards programming and Web development. Target customers are advertising agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, or departments that work in such disciplines within an organization.

Prerequisites

Experience with Windows Operating Systems and various Web browsers. Basic understanding of Object Oriented Programming, JavaScript, and Flash.

We offer a range of Flash training courses

Exploring Macromedia Flash MX 2004
Define Rich Internet Applications Orientation to Macromedia Flash MX 2004 The Process of Producing Flash Applications
Create a Presentation with Screens
Manipulate Screens Manage Screen Content
Adding and Organizing Content
Creating and Manipulating Layers Import Images Adding Flash User Interface Components
Connecting to External Data
Dynamic Content in Flash Orientation to XML Connect to an External Data Source Linking Retrieved Data to a Component Create Dependent Components
Using ActionScript
Manage Commands with the Actions Panel Trace a String Populate a TextArea with ActionScript Store Data in Variables
Manipulating Components with ActionScript
Create an Event Handler Create a Form with Interactive Components
Controlling Application Flow
Create an If Statement Create an If...Else Statement
Working with MovieClips
Create a MovieClip Perform an Action on a MovieClip Check for MovieClip Collisions Attach a MovieClip from the Library
Using Built-In Classes
Create a TextField Object Prepare an External Data Source for Use in Flash Read Data from a Text File
Reusing Code with Functions
Streamline Code Using Built-In Functions Create User-Defined Functions Create Global Functions Reference an External ActionScript File
Building a Navigation System
Create a Button Display Screens from Menu Options Display SWFs from Menu Options Build a Submenu Using Screens
Gathering and Submitting User Data
Gather User Data with a Form Create a Submit Button Submit User Data
Publishing Flash Documents
Publishing

Publisher:	Adobe
Version:	MX2004
Length:	2 days
Course-ID:	084516

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