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Flash CS4 Professional: Building UI Elements
Creating user interface (UI) elements becomes easier with the integration of Flash ActionScript 3.0 and object-oriented programming. In Flash CS4 Professional: Building UI Elements, Todd Perkins demonstrates how these two programming tools work together to build common UI widgets, such as scrollbars, preloaders, sliders, and checkboxes. To streamline the workflow, Todd shows how to reuse custom codes across applications with object-oriented programming (OOP). Step by step, he builds one widget per chapter, covering the skills it takes to develop a fully functioning application. Exercise files accompany the course.
$ 49.95
Course Flash CS4 Professional: Building UI Elements
Author Todd Perkins
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ISBN
Release Date 2009-05-27
Duration 3.33 hrs / 51 tutorials
Work files Yes
Price $ 49.95
Retail price $ 99.95
Required software Adobe Flash Professional CS4
Language
Tags Flash, CS4
Course content
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Introduction
Welcome 01:12
Using the exercise files 00:48
Prerequisites 01:28
1. Making a Progress Bar
Exploring the FLA file 02:48
Defining the ProgressBar class 04:15
Connecting a Loader instance 04:46
Showing load progress 04:29
2. Creating a Scroll Bar
Exploring the FLA file 01:53
Creating the ScrollBar class 06:25
Adding drag functionality 05:05
Updating the scroll bar's value 05:08
Connecting the scroll bar to a text field 06:45
Using buttons for scrolling 06:33
Controlling scroll bar scaling 05:36
3. Creating a Text Area
Exploring the FLA file 01:35
Defining the TextArea class 04:48
Initializing the text area 05:02
Setting text in the text area 02:09
Adding text from an external file 03:49
Capturing text input 03:56
Controlling text area scaling 03:24
4. Creating a Checkbox
Exploring the FLA file 02:10
Defining the Checkbox class 05:02
Selecting a checkbox 05:12
Setting a label 04:50
5. Creating a Radio Button
Exploring the FLA file 02:50
Viewing the RadioButton class 03:16
Defining the RadioGroup class 03:14
Initializing the RadioGroup class 07:50
Adding a title 03:04
6. Creating a Button
Exploring the FLA file 02:48
Creating the BasicButton class 03:15
Defining button states 06:19
Setting a label for the button 01:38
Controlling the button's scale 05:32
Auto-sizing the button's label 04:51
7. Creating a List Menu
Exploring the FLA file 03:38
Viewing the ListItem class 04:33
Creating the List class 05:51
Defining the addItem Method 03:18
Controlling list menu scaling 07:22
Selecting list items 05:22
Adding scrolling to the list 02:24
Connecting scroll buttons 06:08
8. Building a Dropdown Menu
Exploring the FLA file 01:48
Creating the Dropdown class 04:14
Initializing the Dropdown class 07:31
Finishing the Dropdown class 09:02
9. Using UI Elements
Viewing a simple form application 05:20
Skinning UI elements 02:26
Conclusion
Goodbye 00:38
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