Chapter 18. Flash ActionScript and JavaScript

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One of the most popular applications for creating interactive web sites is Flash. Flash SWF files reside in web pages, and these files can communicate with JavaScript. Flash pages are very easy to use for creating sophisticated animation at very low bandwidth. Both of the major browsers are shipped with Flash plug-ins, so cross-browser compatibility is not the issue that it is with JavaScript.

However, on many occasions, you will find that firing a JavaScript function from an HTML page with a Flash file can give you the design you want that cannot be accomplished by Flash alone. ...

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