Web and Intranet - Actionscript

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module W611. This module is presented on Private Courses and Specially Run Courses only

Articles and tips on this subject		updated
2390	Dynamic / changing images on your web page There are a number of different ways to provide dynamic (changing) images within a web page ... but as they're mostly client side technology based, they're not something I commonly get involved in. However, just yesterday I was thinking of using exactly such a dynamic image in my post telling you about ...	2009-09-01
1926	Flash (client) to PHP (server) - example Hidden deep in our website, there's an example of a Flash / Flex / Actionscript that runs in the browser, but contacts the server when certain information is required. In fact, it's so deeply hidden that I had trouble finding the links for some of yesterday's delegates: An overview of Flash / Flex ...	2008-12-06
1352	Actionscript / Flash / Flex (IAQ/FAQ) An IAQ (Infrequently Answered Questions) document? You may feel that some the basics about Actionscript, Flash and Flex are well known - but I didn't really understand some of it until recently and I've had one doooozie of a time trying to find the wood from the trees. So I think there's a need for ...	2007-09-18
1322	Flash - is it available to your web page? We're "flash enabling" some of our web pages .... while at the same time retaining the default pages, seemlessly, for anyone who's not got Flash installed or has an old version. I've been doing some research on the subject and ... separating out the wood from the trees, I'll present you a link to the ...	2007-08-26

Examples from our training material

ButtonBottom.as	Interaction from Actionscript to server and database
Buttontop.as	Actionscript to server interaction
button.html	HTML shell to load a flash movie
isflash.html	Sensing whether Flash is available on a browser
squish.php	PHP script that shows server side interaction

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Topics covered in this module

Actionscript is the programming language
used within Flash and Flex interactions and
movies. Very similar in style to Java and
JavaScript, it's a fun language to program
with and a "Natural" for Well House Consultants
to help you with.

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