Join Todd Perkins for an in-depth discussion in this video Exploring the FLA file, part of Flash CS4 Professional: Building UI Elements.
In this chapter we're going to make a standard user interface checkbox. So…you'll be able to Click on the checkbox and the check will appear, if you Click…on it again, the check will disappear. We also make it so you can control the…text to the right of the checkbox using ActionScript.…Before we start, let's take a look at our FLA file. This is especially…important for those of you who don't have this FLA file. So on the stage here,…I have a layer called actions with no code in it and a layer called checkbox…with three checkboxes.…So, the first one is called box1_mc, second one, box2_mc, and if you want to…guess what the third one is, yes, it's box3_mc. So here, let's take a look at…this movie clip, they are all instances of checkbox. So let's Double-Click that…Checkbox movie clip to enter its Timeline.…
Top layer is text so if I show and hide that, you'll see that's just the…Dynamic Text field. If you select the Dynamic text field see that it's called…label_txt. So I used a font and font size and colors on this. That's…
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5/27/2009- Applying OOP to real-world projects
- Creating customizable elements for a unique look
- Learning efficient workflow practices with ActionScript 3.0
- Developing new programming skill sets with OOP
- Reusing custom codes across several applications
Skill Level Intermediate
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with Todd Perkins2h 13m Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 12s
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Prerequisites1m 28s
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1. Making a Progress Bar
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Exploring the FLA file2m 48s
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Connecting a Loader instance4m 46s
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Showing load progress4m 29s
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2. Creating a Scroll Bar
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Exploring the FLA file1m 53s
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Creating the ScrollBar class6m 25s
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Using buttons for scrolling6m 33s
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3. Creating a Text Area
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Exploring the FLA file1m 35s
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Defining the TextArea class4m 48s
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Capturing text input3m 56s
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4. Creating a Checkbox
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Exploring the FLA file2m 10s
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Selecting a checkbox5m 12s
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Setting a label4m 50s
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5. Creating a Radio Button
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Exploring the FLA file2m 50s
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Adding a title3m 4s
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6. Creating a Button
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Exploring the FLA file2m 48s
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Defining button states6m 19s
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7. Creating a List Menu
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Exploring the FLA file3m 38s
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Viewing the ListItem class4m 33s
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Creating the List class5m 51s
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Defining the addItem Method3m 18s
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Selecting list items5m 22s
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Adding scrolling to the list2m 24s
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8. Building a Dropdown Menu
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Exploring the FLA file1m 48s
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Creating the Dropdown class4m 14s
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9. Using UI Elements
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Skinning UI elements2m 26s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye38s
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