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Building a simple website using ActionScript 3.0

posted by Erin Pierce   |  Category: develop, teaching

This is a tutorial on how to make a four “page” website.
1. Open a new Flash file (AS 3.0).
2. First we’ll make our four buttons. Draw a rectangle on the stage. I set my x and y coordinates to be at 25.
figure 1

3. Turn the shape into a movie clip. Double click to select the [...]

Comments (3)   |   February 18, 2009 at 9:34   |   Tagged: , , , , ,

ActionScript Basics: Terms Defined

posted by Erin Pierce   |  Category: develop, teaching

Terms, defined
There are some terms, some of which we have covered, that will be useful to have a general and basic understanding of.

Instances & Instance Names
When we create symbols, existing in the Library and drag them onto the stage, we create an instance of that symbol. If we will be referencing an instance in our [...]

Comments (0)   |   February 10, 2009 at 9:26   |   Tagged: , , , , ,