COMPUTER

• Button - to add functionality to an animation.
• • Action Panel where you place lines of code.
• ActionScripts

  -lines of code

  -object-oriented programming language developed by Macromedia Inc

  -You can use ActionScript 3.0 (AS3)
• USES IN FLASH PROJECT:

  1. Menu Organizers
  2. Movie Clip Players
  3. Variable Checkers
• • JavaScript programming language that adds functionality to web pages
• To access ActionScript Panel in the Properties panel press F9
• Commands – what to do
• Functions – to do a specific task
• • Operators -Predefined functionality such as adding and subtracting
• • Variable .hold on information and behave depending on what information is used
• • Semi-colons are used to terminate statements.
• • Data Types -range of valid values a variable is capable of storing
• • Character (char): individual letters, symbols, or characters. Can be a single character or a string of characters. 
  • Is only able to hold 8 bytes
• • Floating Point (real): fractional numbers. 
• Float: up to seven decimal places
• Double: up to fifteen decimal places
• • String: sequence of characters Strings can be constant (fixed) or variable (changeable).
  • Can hold more than 8 bytes
• • Boolean: logical values (true or false). Used for decision-making and control flow.
• Void or “Null” (Nothing): no return value.
• Conditional - carries out commands depending on certain conditions
• “==“ comparison operator - all commands found within if are executed when the conditions are met.
• 1. IF ELSE - allows you to test a condition and execute a block of code if that condition is TRUE, or execute an alternative block of code if the condition is FALSE
• IF ELSE IF - additional condition. If the previous if condition was false, it checks this new condition.If the new condition evaluates to true, the code block inside the else if statement is executed.
• • SWITCH STATEMENT - useful if you have several execution paths that depend on the same condition expression.
• Loop/LOOPING - set of instructions to be repeated until a condition is reached.
• FOR LOOP - repeat statements  for a specific number of times.
• WHILE LOOP - This loop will continue to perform the defined action until the condition is FALSE.
• do-while loop - This loop is similar to the while loop but the main difference is that it will perform at least one iteration, then it will evaluate if the condition is TRUE.
• UP -  Executed initially by default.
• OVER - Executed once the mouse pointer is placed directly over the button.
• DOWN - Executed when you press the button.
• HIT -  Declares the range of a button.