On 9/27/07, Eric Cupo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2. Does anyone have a list of basic ActionScript 3.0 Commands? For > Example, in AS 2, there were simple commands like on (press) goto and play. > stop. Tell Target.. etc..3. An even better question is, why is > actionscript 3.0 less intuitive? they somehow advance in exporting nested > movie clips for animating which is great!, but then AS3 seems like a whole > different language. >
Eric, you mention AS2 but then you mention on( press ) and tellTarget although are allowable with AS2, were Global functions in AS1. tellTarget is actually deprecated since Flash Player 5. Also, the Flash 8 documentation for on() and onClipEvent() recommends the use of frame scripts or class files to handle those types of events. on() and tellTarget() were both removed from ActionScript 3.0. http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00001776.html http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00001752.html#wp141488 One thing that may make some things easier for you is this really good page, which is part of the Flex 2.01 Live Docs: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/migration.html This page will assist you a bit, but it also represents a really big learning curve for people who have never coded in pure AS2. As to why things that were simple are a lot more difficult in ActionsScript 3.0, basically ActionScript had to grow up to gain more acceptance. Actionscript and Javascript are based upon the ECMA standard. Macromedia, and now Adobe, have been trying to slowly remove the layers of API that came with Flash 4 and had no real standardization and thus were blocking larger acceptance to ActionScript and Flash. Their thinking is that people who know Javascript could move more easily to ActionScript. I would request that people be patient with the learning curve. What you lose in coding something in twice or three times as many lines of ActionScript 3.0 code, you gain in 300% more speed the Flash Player 9. ;-) There are a lot of people out there having the same difficulties that you have expressed here. If you are under tough deadlines and don't necessarily need Flash 9 features I might also suggest that to keep a copy of Flash 8 around. I still have Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 on my systems and use them more often than Flash CS3. It might be a pain, especially if you are working on an Intel Mac, but if you are just trying to get something out the door, doing it the way that you are used to is quicker than forcing yourself to learn in a stressful situation. Leif Manager, Adobe Flash Platform User Group of Atlanta http://www.afpugatlanta.org ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
