LINK TO SOUND EFFECTS

http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/

LINK TO EXAMPLE (ALICE)

http://www.pixelcola.net/Alice.swf

CONTROLLINNG THE MAINTIMELINE from inside a MOVIE CLIP!

buttonInstanceName1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandlerButtonInstanceName1);
function mouseDownHandlerButtonInstanceName1(event:MouseEvent):void {
MovieClip(parent).gotoAndStop(10);
}

Two Ways of Walking

(both methods are based up creating symbols and placing instances of those symbols on the stage)

moving the timeline:
btnInstanceName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandlerA);
function mouseDownHandlerA(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(10);
}

commanding a movieClip to play:
buttonInstanceName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandlerB);
function mouseDownHandlerB(event:MouseEvent):void {
movieClipInstanceName.play();
}

functions, methods, parameters

functions
functions are blocks of code that allow us the create situations for executing methods based on events on the stage, such as interactivity, like clicking a button
braces { } allow the function to trigger when called by name


methods
methods are the verbs of actionScript
in a function, the methods tell FLASH what to do, for example stop() or gotoAndPlay()

parameters
methods are followed by parentheses; inside these parentheses are values call parameters
parameters specify the activity of the method, for example assigning a frame destination or a type of event listener:
in the method gotoAndPlay(5), 5 is the parameter


methods
btnInstanceName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandlerA);
function mouseDownHandlerA(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(1);
}

parameters
btnInstanceName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandlerA);
function mouseDownHandlerA(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(1);
}

VARIABLE
A variable represents a specific piece of data.
When you declare(create) a variable, you assign a data type.
Assigning a data type determines what kind of data the variable can represent.
var is the keyword used to create a variable

KEYWORD
A word used to perform a specific task
var is the keyword used to create a variable

PARAMETER
The value between parentheses
A detail for a particular command
In the method gotoAndPlay(5), 5 is the parameter

FUNCTION
A group of statements referred to by name

OBJECT
abstract data that helps to perform tasks
A button is an object.

METHOD
the verbs of ActionScript
stop() is a method
gotoAndPlay(5) is a method

PROPERTIES
data that describes an object
height, width, x and y coordinates are properties

EVENT
occurences that happen inside the Flash environment
a mouse click is an event

code to use a button to move us along the timeline:
btnInstanceName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandlerA);
function mouseDownHandlerA(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(1);
}




buttonInstanceName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandlerB);
function mouseDownHandlerB(event:MouseEvent):void {
movieClipInstanceName.play();
}

8 frame animation

from ASIFA Hollywood Animation Archive: Preston Blair: