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Using XML for a Timesheet
This tutorial shows you how to create an application for editing timesheet data. The timesheet data is stored as XML within a native XML database. The XUpdateResolver component is the best choice for this type of application, because it generates XUpdate statements that can be sent to the server to update the data.
| | Hits:249 Rate: 0.0(out of 5) Vote:0 Submit Date :2006-04-22 Rate It | Error | Review | | | Category: Home > Flash > Tips and Techniques |
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Work with Layers
In Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8, layers are analogous to transparent sheets of acetate stacked on top of each other. In the areas of a layer that don't contain content, you can see through to content in the layers below. Layers assist you in organizing content in your document. For example, you can keep background art on one layer and navigational buttons on another. Additionally, you can create and edit objects on one layer without affecting objects on another layer.
| | Hits:118 Rate: 0.0(out of 5) Vote:0 Submit Date :2006-04-22 Rate It | Error | Review | | | Category: Home > Flash > Tips and Techniques |
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Use Layout Tools
Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8 offer a variety of ways to place objects on the Stage. This tutorial teaches you how to use the layout tools in Flash to create a user interface.
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Posterizing Images
Open a new movie in Macromedia Flash Import the picture you want to apply the effect to Go to Modify>Trace Bitmap... And use these settings...
| | Hits:126 Rate: 0.0(out of 5) Vote:0 Submit Date :2006-04-22 Rate It | Error | Review | | | Category: Home > Flash > Tips and Techniques |
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Add Interactivity
Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8 offer numerous ways to engage users with interactivity. When you incorporate interactivity, you're not limited to playing each frame in a timeline sequentially; however, sequential playing offers greater design and development options. This tutorial will show you some of the ways to implement interactivity in Flash.
| | Hits:432 Rate: 0.0(out of 5) Vote:0 Submit Date :2006-04-13 Rate It | Error | Review | | | Category: Home > Flash > Interactivity |
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Create a Form with Conditional Logic and Send Data
You can create a form with conditional logic that allows the SWF file to respond to user interaction and send the form data from the SWF file to an external source. This tutorial shows you how to create a simple form.
| | Hits:163 Rate: 0.0(out of 5) Vote:0 Submit Date :2006-04-13 Rate It | Error | Review | | | Category: Home > Flash > Interactivity |
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Use Script Assist Mode
This tutorial guides you through using Script Assist mode in Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8.
Script Assist mode prompts you to enter the elements of a script, and helps you to add simple interactivity to your SWF file (a compressed version of a Flash .fla file with the .swf extension) or application more easily. Script Assist mode is ideal for users who either aren't comfortable writing their own scripts, or who just appreciate the ease of use the tool provides
| | Hits:159 Rate: 0.0(out of 5) Vote:0 Submit Date :2006-04-11 Rate It | Error | Review | | | Category: Home > Flash |
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Write Script
ActionScript is an object-oriented scripting language that offers control over how your Flash content plays. In subsequent lessons, you'll see how ActionScript has evolved into ActionScript 2.0 to comprise a core set of language elements that make it easier to develop object-oriented programs.
| | Hits:109 Rate: 0.0(out of 5) Vote:0 Submit Date :2006-04-11 Rate It | Error | Review | | | Category: Home > Flash |
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Work with Objects and Classes
All objects in Flash have an underlying class; for example, all movie clips have a method called getURL(), and getURL() is defined in the class definition for a movie clip. Flash contains many predefined classes, such as the MovieClip class, the Array class, the Color class, and the CheckBox class. This tutorial will show you how to create and modify classes.
| | Hits:109 Rate: 0.0(out of 5) Vote:0 Submit Date :2006-04-11 Rate It | Error | Review | | | Category: Home > Flash |
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Excel's Builtin Features
Although Excel comes with a wide variety of standard features for managing and analyzing data, the boundaries of these features are often frustrating. The hacks in this chapter provide numerous ways in which you can escape these boundaries and make Excel a much more powerful tool.
| | Hits:578 Rate: 0.0(out of 5) Vote:0 Submit Date :2006-03-20 Rate It | Error | Review | | | Category: Home > MS Excel > Basics |
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