Tài liệu Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0

Chapter 1: Introducing Flash Widgets .1
What are Widgets? 1
A Brief History of Widgets 2
The Future of Widgets 3
Why Make Flash Widgets? .4
Summary 4
Chapter 2: Migrating to Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0 5
What’s New and Different in Flash CS4 .5
Using the New Tools . 5
Introducing the Motion Editor . 14
Moving Up to ActionScript 3.0 .17
Summary 27
Chapter 3: Developing Your First Widget 29
Creating the Idea .29
Designing the Graphics 31
Creating the Robot . 32
Connecting the Robot 38
Keyframing the Dance Moves . 40
Drawing the Dance Floor and Message Board 41
Importing the Music 43
Writing the Code .44
Summary 48
Chapter 4: Taking Flash Widgets to the Next Level 49
Adding Interactivity .49
Mouse-Over and Mouse-Out States 50
Handling the Mouse-Click Event and Cursor Position . 57
Making It Configurable 61
Driving It with XML .65
Summary 75
Chapter 5: Publishing, Promoting, and Capitalizing on Your Widgets .77
The Prerequisites .77
Setting Up the Server 77
Setting Up the Domain Name . 78
Getting Your Widget Ready to Deploy . 78
Uploading the Files . 79
Signing Up with WidgetBox . 80
Adding Your Widget . 82
Testing Your Widget . 86
Publishing Your Widget 86
Submitting to the WidgetBox Gallery . 87
Turning Your Widget into a Facebook and Bebo App . 87
Getting in Additional Galleries . 89
Promoting Your Widget 89
Capitalizing on Your Widget .90
Summary 90
Copyright .91