Creating A PLAY Button with ActionScript 3.0

Skills Covered

  • ActionScript 3.0
  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
  • stop();
  • function
  • play();
  • addEventListener
  • (MouseEvent.CLICK,callFunction)
  • Button States: Up Over Down Hit

Estimated Work Time

  • 45 Minutes

This tutorial introduces you to ActionScript 3.0, the scripting language native to versions of Flash from CS3. ActionScript 3.0 is an Object-Oriented Programming language (OOP) similar to JavaScript. With ActionScript 3.0 we'll take Flash into the realm of rich, interactive applications.

Your final project will function like this:

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