ActionScript Programming

APE Users Guide 40pxThis article discusses a legacy technology. ActionScript is officially deprecated and no longer actively used or supported following the **End-of-Life (EOL) of Adobe Flash Player on 31 December 2020**. Content built using ActionScript has been **blocked from running in Flash Player since 12 January 2021**, and all major web browsers have completely removed support in favour of open standards like TypeScript, Javascript and WebAssembly. ActionScript is a scripting language developed by Adobe (formerly Macromedia) for its Flash animation studio. ActionScript is similar to JavaScript with its syntax and functionality. The latest version, ActionScript 3.0, released together with Flash CS3, emphasizes Object oriented programming more so than previous versions. ActionScript is a proprietary language designed to control animations and create advanced interactive applications such as slide-shows, games, quizzes, tutorials, and websites. ActionScript 3.0 has grown substantial capabilities in comparison with previous versions. ActionScript may be difficult to learn for beginners with no programming experiencing, however, it becomes easier to grasp with repeated practice and use. This tutorial is designed for use with Actionscript 2.0. Changes for ActionScript 3.0 will be listed as well. Table of Contents Part I /PartI/Getting Started/ /AS In A Nutshell/ Chapter 1 - Properties Page 1: X, Y Coordinates Width, Height Measures XScale, YScale Visible Rotation Quality Name Alpha Page 2: XMouse, YMouse CurrentFrame TotalFrames URL Target DropTarget FocusRect FramesLoaded SoundBufTime Chapter 2 Operators (1) Comments Chapter 3 – Data types General and difference between Number and String data types String Methods charAt charCodeAt concat fromCharCode indexOf lastIndexOf slice split substr substring toLowerCase toUpperCase Properties length Number Methods toStringtoString valueOf Boolean Methods toString valueOf Date Methods Arrays Properties Length Methods concat join pop push reverse shift slice sort sortOn splice toString unshift String.split (method) Objects Scopes of variables Global variables Timeline variables Local variables Part II Chapter 4 Conditions/Loops (part 1) If, else if, else Operators (part 2) Conditions/Loops (part 2) For For .. In Authors and contributors Ruben Vardanyan Contributors Wolf Warrior See also A Wikiversity course on ActionScript Actionscript.org Flash MX 2004 Live Documents ActionScript Tutorials Flash 8 Live Documents osflash - Open source Flash community and projects. Ultrashock Forums and Tutorials Flash Forum Cute Flash Games AS Main: List of helpful ActionScript tutorials ActionScript scripting language A 50% __NOTOC__