iCellini Computer Training

Creating Preloaders in ActionScript 3.0

• Tools in the testing environment
• Bandwidth Profiler
• Simulate Download
• Creating a text field and progress bar to track loading
• Inserting ActionScript to track progress of the UILoader component
• Adding event listeners for PROGRESS and COMPLETE
• Creating the progressHandler() function
• Adding the completeHandler() function
• Controlling the frames of a MovieClip to reflect loading progress
• Adding ActionScript for the loadAnimation clip

Using Arrays and Loops in ActionScript 3.0

• Examining the starting file
• Adding MovieClip instances to the stage from the Library
• Setting the linkage properties of a MovieClip
• Adding a new instance of the Block class to the stage
• Generating multiple instances with a for loop
• Creating the for loop
• Modifying a for loop’s behavior with variables
• Adding event listeners to the Block instances
• Creating animation using ENTER_FRAME
• Adding the ENTER_FRAME listener
• Using an event’s target property
• Creating the rotateUp() function
• Adding an else statement
• Adding the testDone() function
• Introducing the array
• Using the push() method
• Checking the properties of elements in the rArray

Controlling Sound with ActionScript

• Examining the starting file
• Adding sliders to the project
• The Sound, SoundChannel, and SoundTransform classes
• Creating Sound, SoundChannel, and SoundTransform instances
• Adding more variables
• Creating the songList array
• Setting the song titles using a for loop
• Modifying text fields with the replace() method
• Making the sliders invisible until needed
• Programming the buttons to select songs
• Adding event listeners to the song buttons
• Creating the chooseSong() function
• Creating a Sound class instance and checking for existing instances
• Loading a sound into a Sound instance
• Creating the SoundChannel and SoundTransform instances
• Controlling the visibility of the volume and pan controls
• Adding a listener for the ID3 tags of an MP3 file
• Creating the id3Handler() function
• Adding the Artist and Album information
• Adding a text format object
• Adding the slider controls
• Adding the volumeChange() and panChange() functions

Working with an XML Playlist

• Understanding the basic structure of an XML file
• Examining the starting file
• Replacing the songList array with an XML instance
• Creating new XML and URLLoader instances
• Loading an external playlist using the URLLoader class
• Responding to COMPLETE and IO_ERROR events
• Moving the event listeners into the xmlLoaded() function
• Creating the setSongs() function
• Accessing song title and artist from the XML data
• Setting the song clips’ title and artist fields
• Adding a call to the setSongs() function
• Updating the chooseSong() function
• Creating hyperlinks using XML data
• Navigating through the song list
• Updating the song buttons

Using ActionScript and Components to Control Video

• Adding the FLVPlayback component
• Setting FLVPlayback properties in Flash
• Setting the FLVPlayback controls
• Setting skin color and transparency
• Adding ActionScript control of FLVPlayback properties
• Adding a slider to control transparency
• Adding the initial slider ActionScript
• Working with color
• Adding the ColorPicker component
• Setting the skinBackgroundColor
• Adding the FLVCaptioning component
• Examining the captions.xml file
• Adding the FLVCaptioning component
• Playing multiple video files from an XML playlist
• Examining the vidlist.xml file
• Adding a title text field
• Loading the vidlist.xml file with ActionScript
• Creating the xmlLoaded() function
• Creating the changeVid() function
• Using the full-screen publish settings