Macromedia Captivate

Contents......Page 3
Introduction......Page 11
Basic Tasks: Create a Document......Page 13
Take a tour of the user interface......Page 14
Use tools to create Flash content......Page 15
View the Timeline......Page 16
Change background and Stage size......Page 17
View the Library panel......Page 18
Add video......Page 19
Add video control behaviors......Page 20
Use the Movie Explorer to view the document structure......Page 22
Summary......Page 23
Basic Tasks: Creating a banner, Part 1......Page 25
Open the finished FLA file......Page 27
Close the completed FLA file......Page 28
Creating a new document......Page 29
Changing document properties......Page 30
Importing graphics......Page 33
Introducing layers and the timeline......Page 36
Creating a new layer......Page 38
Importing to a layer......Page 39
Test the application......Page 40
Summary......Page 41
Basic Tasks: Creating a banner, Part 2......Page 43
Open the finished FLA file......Page 44
Review the completed FLA file......Page 45
Adding text......Page 46
Creating a symbol......Page 49
Adding animation to a timeline......Page 51
Creating a button......Page 56
Writing simple actions......Page 59
Test the application......Page 61
Summary......Page 62
Basic Tasks: Creating a banner, Part 3......Page 63
Examine the completed FLA file......Page 64
Open the finished project......Page 65
Close the completed project......Page 66
Considering your audience......Page 67
Checking your publish settings......Page 68
Inserting Flash on a Dreamweaver site......Page 71
Using roundtrip editing......Page 73
Checking for Flash Player......Page 74
Test the application......Page 76
Summary......Page 77
Basic Tasks: Create Accessible Flash Content......Page 79
Set up your workspace......Page 80
Provide a document title and description......Page 81
Provide a title and description for instances......Page 82
Change static text to dynamic text for accessibility......Page 83
Control the tab order and reading order......Page 84
Summary......Page 87
Basic Tasks: Work with Layers......Page 89
Set up your workspace......Page 90
Select a layer......Page 91
Lock a layer......Page 92
Change the order of layers......Page 93
Add a mask layer......Page 94
Add a guide layer......Page 95
Summary......Page 96
Basic Tasks: Create an Application......Page 97
Set up your workspace......Page 98
Name text fields......Page 99
Add and name a Button component......Page 100
Declare variables and values for the prices......Page 101
Specify values for input text fields......Page 102
Write a function......Page 103
Write an event handler for the component......Page 104
Summary......Page 105
Basic Tasks: Use Layout Tools......Page 107
Use guides to align an object......Page 108
Change the Stage size......Page 109
Resize objects to match the Stage size......Page 110
Align an object using the alignment guides......Page 111
Align objects using the Align panel......Page 112
Snap objects to each other......Page 113
Align objects using the Property inspector......Page 114
Summary......Page 115
Basic Tasks: Create Symbols and Instances......Page 117
About creating symbols......Page 118
Create a graphic symbol......Page 119
Duplicate and modify an instance of a symbol......Page 120
Modify a symbol......Page 121
Assign an instance name to the movie clip......Page 122
Summary......Page 123
Basic Tasks: Add Button Animation and Navigation......Page 125
Set up your workspace......Page 126
Name a button instance......Page 127
Change the hit area of a button......Page 128
Align buttons......Page 129
Create animation for a button state......Page 130
Add an action to a button......Page 131
Add navigation to a button......Page 132
Summary......Page 133
Basic Tasks: Create a Presentation with Screens (Flash Professional Only)......Page 135
Set up your workspace......Page 136
View the screen hierarchy and screen Timelines......Page 137
View screen properties......Page 138
Add content to a presentation slide......Page 139
Add screen navigation behaviors to buttons......Page 140
Select and move slides......Page 141
Add transition behaviors......Page 142
Summary......Page 143
Creating Graphics: Draw in Flash......Page 145
Select a shape tool......Page 146
Draw a polygon......Page 147
Use the cutout feature......Page 148
Copy strokes......Page 149
Select and add a different fill color......Page 150
Create a logo with the Pen tool......Page 151
Summary......Page 152
Creating Graphics: Create a Timeline Animation......Page 153
Set up your workspace......Page 154
Create a motion tween......Page 155
Create a shape tween......Page 156
Copy and paste keyframes in an animation......Page 157
Change the speed of the animation......Page 158
Change the acceleration and deceleration......Page 159
Summary......Page 160
Creating Graphics: Making Animations with Easing (Flash Professional only)......Page 161
Open the authoring document......Page 163
Review the completed FLA file......Page 164
Create a motion tween......Page 165
Create a motion tween in the new frames......Page 166
Ease in the eight-ball animation......Page 168
Add custom easing settings to the eight-ball tween......Page 169
Create the tween of the alpha value for the shadow......Page 174
Test the application......Page 176
Creating Graphics: Applying Gradients......Page 177
Open the authoring document......Page 179
Review the completed FLA file......Page 180
Apply a linear gradient......Page 181
Create a radial gradient......Page 183
Create a transform gradient with a shape......Page 186
Apply a gradient to the white circle on the eight ball......Page 187
Apply a linear gradient to the highlight......Page 188
Test the application......Page 191
Creating Graphics: Apply Graphic Filters and Blends (Flash Professional Only)......Page 193
Review your task......Page 194
Apply a blend to the 9ball movie clip......Page 195
Apply a filter......Page 196
Apply filters and blends to the cue ball......Page 197
Text: Add Text to a Document......Page 199
Set up your workspace......Page 200
Create an expanding-width text block......Page 201
Edit text and change font attributes......Page 202
Add an input text field......Page 203
Copy a text field......Page 204
Create a dynamic text field......Page 205
Specify format options......Page 206
Test the SWF file......Page 207
Summary......Page 208
ActionScript: Use Script Assist mode......Page 209
Open the authoring document......Page 211
Close the completed FLA file......Page 212
Add a script to a button by using Script Assist mode......Page 213
Add frame scripts to the Timeline by using Script Assist mode......Page 218
Add a frame script to the Title movie clip......Page 221
Summary......Page 223
ActionScript: Write Scripts......Page 225
Create an instance of a symbol......Page 226
Initialize the document......Page 228
Apply ActionScript syntax......Page 229
Add comments to ActionScript......Page 230
Write a function for a button......Page 231
Copy and modify a button function......Page 232
Check syntax and test your application......Page 233
Summary......Page 234
ActionScript: Add Interactivity......Page 235
Set up your workspace......Page 236
Add a scene......Page 237
Control the document with a stop() action......Page 238
Add navigation to return to Scene 1......Page 239
Use the attachMovie() method to play a movie clip......Page 240
Specify movie clip Stage coordinates......Page 241
Unload the movie clip......Page 242
Test your document......Page 243
Summary......Page 244
ActionScript: Create a Form with Conditional Logic and Send Data......Page 245
Add an input text field to collect form data......Page 246
Add a Submit button to the form......Page 247
Add an error message......Page 248
Add a stop() action......Page 249
Add frame labels for navigation......Page 250
Add conditional logic for the Submit button......Page 251
Pass data out of a SWF file......Page 252
Test your SWF file......Page 253
Summary......Page 254
ActionScript: Work with Objects and Classes......Page 255
Learn about classes and object types......Page 256
Create an object from a class......Page 257
Modify your script......Page 258
Create a custom class......Page 259
Specify the data type for method return values......Page 260
Build a custom class......Page 261
Create two objects from the Product class......Page 263
Learn about extending existing classes......Page 264
Extend the MovieClip class to create a new class......Page 265
Summary......Page 267
Data Integration: Overview (Flash Professional Only)......Page 269
Data Integration: Using the Macromedia Tips Web Service (Flash Professional Only)......Page 271
Connect to a public web service......Page 272
Create a user interface and bind the components with the web service......Page 274
Data Integration: Using XML for a Timesheet (Flash Professional Only)......Page 279
Add XMLConnector and DataSet Components......Page 280
Add DataGrid and Button components......Page 286
Edit the data......Page 288
Data Integration: Using XUpdate to Update the Timesheet (Flash Professional Only)......Page 289
Update the timesheet......Page 290