basic introduction into Flash scripting (programming in general)

i publish this in response to a request about a full list of commands etc.

you can find info about that at http://www.moock.org/webdesign/Flash/ or at
http://www.macromedia.com/support/Flash/ts/documents/Flash_websites.htm where you find a
list of Flash relatet pages. a lot of them should have samples.

however, the problem is usually not getting a list of commands (all commands are documented
in the manual or the online help, if you go into the expression editor you even find a list of all
functions etc) but to combine them to useful scripts if you don't have previous programming
experience.

if you don't have previous programming experience then here are a vew things which you should know and should help to get you onto the right track. however - the beauty of the scripting options is just the fact that it is not premade - it is a set of possibilities and up to your imagination to do exciting things with them.

for this page i created a simple sample file which should help to understand some basics of Flash (or other) programming.

click here to download the fla file.

the sample:

the following file contains a script that checks if the user enters at least 4 characters of text before s/he hits the button.