VirtualMV/Flash12 (CS6)/Quick reference/Content

Overview

This page provides a quick reference guide to: Creating a template. Working with Actionscript 2 and 3

Creating a template

• Before you do any of the examples select:
  • Window → Workspace Layout → Default (Flash9 CS3)
  • Window → Workspace Layout → Classic (Flash10, Flash11)
• Create first two layers as Layer 1 = Labels Layer2 = Actions.
• To create a label click on the frame in the Labels layer, insert a keyframe the give it a label.
• Always leave some "free frames at the start of any flash movie. These can be used later to preload content. (Reinhardt & Dowd, 2002)

Useful key shortcuts

• F9 = Takes you to the script layer.
• [Ctrl]+[Enter] = Test Movie

Working with frames and layers

• To extend a media asset.
  Click on the frame that you want to extend it to, then right click and select Insert Frame
• To remove the contents of frames use Right Click + ClearFrame

Working with buttons

• To add a button
  • Create a button layer, and click on frame(s) where you want it to appear
  • Windows > Common Libraries > Buttons .. select the button and drag onto the stage
  • Click the button on the stage, then [F9]
  • In the ActionScript pane,
    choose “Movie Clip Control”, and double click “on”, use the popup to choose release.
    Finally enter the code egs. (following)

ActionScript 2.0

 gotoAndPlay("intro"); gotoAndStop("intro"); loadMovie("jnlText.swf",0);

ActionScript 3.0

 btnHome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandlerHome);
 function clickHandlerHome(event:MouseEvent):void {
  this.gotoAndPlay("Home")
  }
 btnJ1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandlerJ1);
 function clickHandlerJ1(event:MouseEvent):void {
  this.gotoAndPlay("J1")
  }

ActionScript 3.0: Basic scripts

• Quit a running movie (note only works with a flash exe file as otherwise you would close the browser window that is containing the swf file).

 btnExit.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandlerExit);
 function clickHandlerExit(event:MouseEvent):void {
  fscommand("quit"); //works when run as an exe file
  }