In this Flash tutorial you will first create a symbol (object) that you can drag and drop around the screen. Next you will create a drop zone area that will cause the symbol (object) to react when it is dropped into the target area by performing a hit test. As always the completed source file is included.

Previous versions of Flash required sine look-up tables and other tricks to determine the cursor angle. With Flash 5 we can harness the power of the Math.object to determine the angle with a relatively short script.

This is a very simple way to create a typewriter effect. Both text, and typing speed are dynamically loaded from an external .txt file

This tutorial teaches how to include unicode characters into Flash movies. The text is loaded in as variable/value pairs from text files. Tutorial requirements: knowledge of loadVariables action; basic Flash: dynamic text fields, UI Components, adding frames, adding keyframes.

for...in loops are tricky to use. What they do is simple though: they reference everything they find in an object and put it in an array.

Flash, Dreamweaver, Frames, Framesets, Navigation Bar, ActionScript, Absolute URL, Get URL

The shots from a machine gun, the fire flares from a space ship tail, the water droplets from a fountain, all represent Movie Clips when created on a Flash timeline. But what if there are thousands of these to be created dynamically? Yes, it is possible to add multiple movies by directly dragging movie clips from the library. But then there position is constant on the timeline and cannot be changed randomly. Additionally, it will also take up a lot of time to build such an animation.

This tute will show you how to create variables in ActionScripting, similar to those in interpreted languages like PHP.

This entry-level tutorial will show you how to make button symbols and create ActionScript that will enable movement and rotation of a rocket movie clip with those same buttons. Dive in! The tutorial is very detailed and descriptive, so it is perfectly suited for beginners.

This tutorial covers how to create a preloader. We will create a bar preloader in this tutorial. Also we will cover the sound object and how to preload it.