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Name: Digging Deeper into ActionScript Events
ID: m34452
Language: English (en)
Summary: Learn how to translate a largely Flex MXML program into a largely ActionScript program.  Learn that events can be subdivided into two major categories: those that involve direct user interaction and those that don't.  Learn how to use the events documentation to find what you need to write event-driven ActionScript programs.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: actionscript, addEventListener, base class, class, derived class, dynamic binding, encapsulation, event, event handler, extends, flash, flex mxml, inheritance, late binding, method, object, overload, override, polymorphism, programming, run-time, subclass, superclass
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Richard Baldwin (Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com)
Copyright Holders: Richard Baldwin (Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com)
Maintainers: Richard Baldwin (Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: May 18, 2010 1:02 am -0500
Last revision to module: May 19, 2010 11:55 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.2 May 19, 2010 11:55 pm -0500 by Richard Baldwin
Changes: 
Changes to improve PDF quality.
Version: 1.1 May 18, 2010 7:11 pm -0500 by Richard Baldwin
Changes: 
Initial publication as a formatting work in progress.

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