Note 11 for Flash

Watch & Read:

Great Tutorials for Flash Newsground or Entheos or YouTube and Video from your Book!

Tutorial on how to change component styles in ActionScript 2.0

componet

Flash has several pre-made objects called Components. The following are the different type of Components built into Flash 8:

Data, FLV, Media and User Interface. We will be playing with the User Interface components.

Check Box, List Box, Combo Box, Radio Button, Scroll Pane, Scroll Bar, and Push Button.

You can drag and drop the components onto a layer! You can customize these components and you can create your own. You will find your components in the Library.

You can customize the Components using the Component Inspector.

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Review the following:

   

 

Terms you need to know:

Check Box, List Box, Combo Box, Radio Button, Scroll Pane, Scroll Bar, Push Button, Component, and Component Inspector

Homework:

You should be reading Chapter 16 & 17 in your book

Create a Flash page that has buttons that take you to different locations on the Web. This will be your first introduction into action scripting! I will show you how to jump to the Web using Flash.

Reminder: You will need to post a website that uses Flash everyweek!!!

Final Step:

Review in your mind everything we covered in class and remember to cover it again before you go to bed so your mind to process this information while you sleep.