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* Article Index - ActionScript
ActionScript is the Flash scripting language. These articles and examples will cover beginner to advanced applications for ActionScript in Flash.

* Flash Particle System Snowfall Scene Animation with ActionScript 3
When you have finished this series, you will have a modular particle system code that you can use as a starting point to build any Flash project that needs a particle system.

ActionScript 3 and Flash CS3 Professional
With this newest upgrade of Flash CS3 Professional, the Flash ActionScript scripting language has grown up into a full-fledged programming language. Let's start with the basics.

ActionScript, Document Class and Flash Movie
In an effort to move closer toward the OOP programming convention of modular code in an external file, we will now take a look at a way to include ActionScript into your Flash movie using the Document class.

Add a Hyperlink to a Button in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
Many readers have asked how to create links in Flash movies that will take your visitor to another website such as your eBay store. In most cases, this link will either be a button or a text link. In this tutorial, we will take a look at how to create a button link in your Flash movie.

Add Library Items to Stage – Flash ActionScript 3
In this tutorial, our goal is to load and run a movie clip with ActionScript. But, the movie clip is not on the stage when the website is loaded. It is stored in the Flash Library.

Button Behaviors in ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0
With the upgrade to ActionScript 3 in Flash CS3, I thought that it would be useful to program a button using both AS2 and AS3, so that you can see the changes necessary for ActionScript 3.

Controlling the Alpha Property for Fade-in Effect
In this tutorial, we will program a fade-in effect for a movie clip as it is added to the Display List. We will tell Flash to increase the Alpha for the movie clip progressively until the movie clip is 100% visible.

Flash ActionScript and Data Types
In this tutorial, we will learn how to declare a data type for a new variable.

Flash CS3 Drawing API, ActionScript 3, Shape Class
One of my favorite things to do in Flash is to draw onto the Stage. But I am not talking about drawing with the Flash drawing tools such as the Rectangle or Oval tool. In this tutorial, we will learn the basics for drawing with ActionScript 3 and the Drawing API.

Moving Objects with ActionScript in Flash CS3, the Stage and Timeline
Become familiar with a few areas of the workspace and some terms that you will be encountering continuously as you work with ActionScript and Flash.

Naming Variables and Other Syntax Rules for ActionScript
In this tutorial, you will learn some rules for naming your variables as well as some basic syntax rules for ActionScript.

Remove Movie Clip with ActionScript 3
Now that we programmed Flash to move our movie clip from the Flash Library and place it on the stage, we can work on the ActionScript that will close this movie clip. The easiest way is to create a Close button and add ActionScript to go with it that will remove our movie clip from the stage.

Setting Movie Clip Properties with ActionScript 3.0
In this tutorial, we will explore the properties for a Movie Clip object in the Properties Inspector and then write ActionScript 3.0 code that will set values for these properties.

The Flash ActionScript Variable
The variable is the workhorse of any programming language. In Flash, it is one way that ActionScript can talk to the Flash program. How do you create a variable in ActionScript?

Where To Put Your ActionScript Code in Flash
In this tutorial, we will begin to explore the many ways to include ActionScript in your Flash project. I´m not talking about the many things that you can make happen with ActionScript but about how you can add ActionScript code to your Flash movie. The question is where to put the ActionScript.