Flash 5 Interactivity and Scripting

What Web developers need to know about using Flash's interactivity and scripting features Flash, one of the most popular Web technologies, is often used to build reliable dynamic, graphically rich front-ends to Web-based services and e-commerce applications. This book provides Web application developers with a complete introduction to the interactivity and the client/server interaction features provided by Flash 4. Nigel Chapman, author of Digital Multimedia and Perl: The Programmer's Companion, explains all topics at an intermediate/advanced level, incorporating ample e-commerce applications and substantial working examples. Coverage includes Flash 4 animation concepts, an introduction to interactivity, scripting, interface elements, client/server interaction, Flash 4 generator, and a discussion of Flash and other technologies.