What is ActionScript?

Every interactive authoring system uses a language (or code) that enables elements within the system to communicate. Just as there are several languages that people use to speak to one another around the globe.

ActionScript is programming language that is used to create content for Flash Player. It is the scripting language Flash uses to control its movies s and the objects within these movies. If the user wants to do anything interactive in Flash, the user needs to use ActionScript.

These instructions are in the form of a script made up of a statement or a series of statement that execute specific tasks. Statements are lines of code that the user attaches to either a Button Instance or a keyframe.

The user can use tools such Flash CS3 Professional or Flex Builder to create content using other tools and technologies such as drawing tools, library symbols, timelines, and MXML.

ActionScript can be used either as a complement to these things or in place of these things in order to create Flash content. ActionScript is often necessary when the user want to create Flash applications that are highly dynamic, responsive, reusable and/or customizable.

Here’s some of what the user can do using ActionScript:
*Create multiplayer games
*Create engaging user aware navigation
*Send data to middleware, like PHP and Cold Fusion
*Create and parse XML objects
*Allow for a more responsive Web site
*Make the user site more accessible to readers and more international
*Communicate with JavaScript
What is ActionScript?