ActionScript knowledge is very important in the world of design and development of Flash, as Flash remains a major tool for cutting-edge interactive design and development. This book is a beginner, significantly updated since the last edition, covers all the basics of ActionScript using the latest version of Flash, Flash 8. Skills acquired by working through this book will allow you to move to the friends of ED books such as more advanced Foundation PHP 5 for Flash, Foundation ActionScript Animation or Foundation XML for Flash. Summary of Contents: Chapter 1 Interactive Flash Chapter 2 Making Plans Chapter 3 Movies That Remember Chapter 4 Movies that Define Your Own Chapter 5 More Power, Less Script Chapter 6 movie Remember How to Do Things Chapter 7 Objects and Classes Chapter 8 Objects on the Stage Chapter 9 Reusable Code and Realistic Movement Chapter 10 Games and Sprites Chapter 11 Drawing API Chapter 12 Adding Sound to Flash Chapter 13 Loading Dynamic Data with XML Chapter 14 Completed Futuremedia Case Study Chapter 15 Advanced ActionScript: Components and Classes