Flash 5 has greatly expanded the interactive and programmatic features of Flash movies. Flash movies can now communicate directly with server-side scripts and programs, using standard URL-encoded variables or XML-formatted structures. Sounds can be imported and exported as MP3 audio, for high-quality music on the Web at the smallest file sizes. The Flash interface now looks and feels like other Macromedia products, with tool options contained in user-configurable panels. Third-party developers are creating applications that output to the Flash movie format, .SWF files. Flash is poised to be the central application for generating hot, low-bandwidth, interactive content for delivery over the Web | Flash 5 Bible Robert Reinhardt and Jon Warren Lentz Hungry Minds Hungry Minds Inc. New York NY 4- Cleveland OH 4 Indianapolis IN Chicago IL 4 Foster City CA 4 San Francisco CA Flash 5 Bible Published by Hungry Minds Inc. 909 Third Avenue New York NY 10022 Copyright 2001 Hungry Minds Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book including interior design cover design and icons may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means electronic photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN 0-7645-3515-5 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1B QX QS QR FC Distributed in the United States by Hungry Minds Inc. Distributed by CDG Books Canada Inc. for Canada by Transworld Publishers Limited in the United Kingdom by IDG Norge Books for Norway by IDG Sweden Books for Sweden by IDG Books Australia Publishing Corporation Pty. Ltd. for Australia and New Zealand by TransQuest Publishers Pte Ltd. for Singapore Malaysia Thailand Indonesia and Hong Kong by Gotop Information Inc. for Taiwan by ICG Muse Inc. for Japan by Intersoft for South Africa by Eyrolles for France by International Thomson Publishing for Germany Austria and Switzerland by Distribuidora Cuspide for Argentina by LR International for Brazil by Galileo Libros for Chile by Ediciones ZETA . Ltda. for Peru by WS Computer Publishing Corporation Inc. for the Philippines by Contemporanea de Ediciones for Venezuela by Express Computer Distributors for the Caribbean and West Indies by Micronesia Media Distributor Inc. for Micronesia by Chips Computadoras . de . for Mexico by Editorial Norma de Panama . for Panama by American Bookshops for Finland. For general information on Hungry Minds products and services please contact our Customer Care department within the . at 800-762-2974 outside the . at 317-572-3993 or fax 317-572-4002. For sales inquiries and reseller information including discounts premium and .
