ActionScript in MacroMedia Flash

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ActionScript in MacroMedia Flash

• AITI Paradigms Class
• Dr. John Paul Vergara, Professor

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Background and History

• Jonathan Gay Architect.Apple II
• Company Almost Married to Adobe (1995)
• Future Splash (1996)
• Nov 1996 MacroMedia Flash 1.0
• Macromedia Flash is Internet Animation
• Up to 2000, Flash Release Version 4
• ActionScript in Flash 5
• ECMA-based Scripting (European Computer
  Manufacturers Association 1961 1994 )
• Object-OrientedBased Scripting

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Advantages of ActionScript

• Built-in Scripting Inside Flash
• Object-Oriented Scripting Language
• Built-in Functions and Classes
• Java-based for familiarity and popularity
• Web-based Server interoperability and interface
• Publishing into different Formats (html, fla,
  mov, swf, etc)
• Application on Animation and Movies