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LilDwarf

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Posted at: 3/6/06 08:24 PM

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Flash MX and Flash 8 alot? I currently have Flash MX and I bought a book to learn Actionscript called Actionscript for Flash MX. If I upgrade to Flash 8, will this book still be helpfull?

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Toonicide

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Posted at: 3/6/06 08:26 PM

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not really for the mos part it is the same, except that there are updates in flash 8 to help you out a little


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Johnny

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Posted at: 3/6/06 08:29 PM

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Flash 8 added quite a bit like filters that can be manipulated with A.S. but most of the stuff you used in MX should work fine.

I made the jump from MX to 8 and didn't notice that much of a difference, even though I was still using AS1.


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Afro-Ninja

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Posted at: 3/6/06 08:53 PM

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Flash MX uses AS 1. FlashMX 04 and later (Flash 8 included) have support for AS1 but also use AS2, which includes things such as strict datatyping and a much more rich class system.

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LilDwarf

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Posted at: 3/6/06 08:54 PM

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=D That's a relief...I didn't want to waste 55 bucks worth of knowledge for upgrading!

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Afro-Ninja

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Posted at: 3/6/06 09:06 PM

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At 3/6/06 08:54 PM, LilDwarf wrote: =D That's a relief...I didn't want to waste 55 bucks worth of knowledge for upgrading!

AS1 and AS2 are pretty much the same anyway, AS2 is just a little stricter and has some more features.

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