/2/ overview

Editing Environment

• actions panel improvements: code hinting, line numbers, autoindent, autoformat, custom fonts/colors
• custom actions in actions panel
• reference panel
• improved debugger

Heavy Hitters

• video
• drawing api
• load jpg images
• setInterval for timed execution of code
• load mp3 sounds
• textfield control
• flash ui components
• String, Array, and XML speed improvements
• Sound tools: onSoundComplete(), position, duration

MovieClip SubClasses

• #initclip/#endinitclip
• Object.registerclass()
• attachMovie,duplicateMovieClip initObj
• export frame for attachMovie() can now be set

Local Data

• SharedObject
• LocalConnection

Language Improvements

• strict equality/inequality operator
• global vars
• unicode support
• instanceof operator
• super operator
• switch/case/default statement
• events: new movie clip and button callback assignment (mc.onPress = function...)
• movie clips can now take button handlers
• event listeners

Browser Connectivity

• back/forward/bookmark support
  • works only in browsers w/ fscommand support (ie/win, netscape 4)
  • use "named anchor" labels to mark "page" points
  • choose "flash with named anchors" publish template
  • works only when movie is embedded in html page (i.e., not when the .swf is linked to directly)
• no new support for fscommand

New Functions, Directives, Classes, Objects, Methods, and Properties

• Accessibility (object)
• Accessibility.isActive()
• Accessibility.sendEvent()

• arguments.caller

• Array.sortOn()

• Button (class)
• Button._alpha
• Button.enabled
• Button._focusrect
• Button.getDepth()
• Button._height
• Button._highquality
• Button._name
• Button.onDragOut()
• Button.onDragOver()
• Button.onKeyDown()
• Button.onKeyPress()
• Button.onKeyUp()
• Button.onKillFocus()
• Button.onPress()
• Button.onRelease()
• Button.onReleaseOutside()
• Button.onRollOut()
• Button.onRollOver()
• Button.onSetFocus()
• Button._parent
• Button._quality
• Button._rotation
• Button.tabEnabled
• Button.tabIndex.
• Button._target
• Button.trackAsMenu
• Button._url
• Button.useHandCursor
• Button._visible
• Button._width
• Button._x
• Button._xmouse
• Button._xscale
• Button._y
• Button._ymouse
• Button._yscale

• Capabilities (object)
• Capabilities.hasAccessibility
• Capabilities.hasAudio
• Capabilities.hasAudioEncoder
• Capabilities.hasMP3
• Capabilities.hasVideoEncoder
• Capabilities.input
• Capabilities.isDebugger
• Capabilities.language
• Capabilities.manufacturer
• Capabilities.os
• Capabilities.pixelAspectRatio
• Capabilities.screenColor
• Capabilities.screenDPI
• Capabilities.screenResolutionX
• Capabilities.screenResolutionY
• Capabilities.serverString
• Capabilities.version

• clearInterval()
•    and setInterval()

• CustomActions (object)
• CustomActions.get()
• CustomActions.install()
• CustomActions.list()
• CustomActions.uninstall()

• Function (class)
• Function.call()
• Function.apply()

• _global

• #initclip (directive)
• #endinitclip (directive)

• LocalConnection (class)
• LocalConnection.allowDomain()
• LocalConnection.close()
• LocalConnection.connect()
• LocalConnection.domain()
• LocalConnection.onStatus()
• LocalConnection.send()

• Key.addListener()
• Key.onKeyDown()
• Key.onKeyUp()
• Key.removeListener()

• LoadVars (object)
• LoadVars.contentType()
• LoadVars.decode()
• LoadVars.getBytesLoaded()
• LoadVars.getBytesTotal()
• LoadVars.load()
• LoadVars.loaded()
• LoadVars.onLoad()
• LoadVars.send()
• LoadVars.sendAndLoad()
• LoadVars.toString()

• Mouse.addListener()
• Mouse.onMouseDown()
• Mouse.onMouseMove()
• Mouse.onMouseUp()
• Mouse.removeListener()

• MovieClip.beginFill()
• MovieClip.beginGradientFill()
• MovieClip.clear()
• MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip()
• MovieClip.createTextField()
• MovieClip.curveTo()
• MovieClip.enabled (button related)
• MovieClip.endFill()
• MovieClip.focusEnabled
• MovieClip.getDepth()
• MovieClip.hitArea
• MovieClip.lineStyle()
• MovieClip.lineTo()
• MovieClip.moveTo()
• MovieClip.onData()
• MovieClip.onDragOut()
• MovieClip.onDragOver()
• MovieClip.onEnterFrame()
• MovieClip.onKeyDown()
• MovieClip.onKeyUp()
• MovieClip.onKillFocus()
• MovieClip.onLoad()
• MovieClip.onMouseDown()
• MovieClip.onMouseMove()
• MovieClip.onMouseUp()
• MovieClip.onPress()
• MovieClip.onRelease()
• MovieClip.onReleaseOutside()
• MovieClip.onRollOut()
• MovieClip.onRollOver()
• MovieClip.onSetFocus()
• MovieClip.onUnload()
• MovieClip.setMask()
• MovieClip.tabChildren
• MovieClip.tabEnabled
• MovieClip.tabIndex
• MovieClip.trackAsMenu
• MovieClip.useHandCursor

• Object.addProperty()
• Object.__proto__
• Object.registerClass()
• Object.unwatch()
• Object.watch()

• Selection.addListener()
• Selection.onSetFocus()
• Selection.removeListener()

• SharedObject (object)
• SharedObject.data
• SharedObject.flush()
• SharedObject.getLocal()
• SharedObject.getSize()
• SharedObject.onStatus

• Sound.attachSound()
• Sound.duration
• Sound.getBytesLoaded()
• Sound.getBytesTotal()
• Sound.loadSound()
• Sound.onLoad()
• Sound.onSoundComplete()
• Sound.position

• Stage (object)
• Stage.addListener()
• Stage.align
• Stage.scaleMode
• Stage.height
• Stage.onResize()
• Stage.removeListener()
• Stage.showMenu
• Stage.width

• System (object)
• System.security.allowDomain()
• System.useCodePage

• TextField (object)
• TextField._alpha
• TextField.addListener()
• TextField.autoSize
• TextField.background
• TextField.backgroundColor
• TextField.border
• TextField.borderColor
• TextField.bottomScroll
• TextField.embedFonts
• TextField._focusrect
• TextField.getDepth()
• TextField.getFontList()
• TextField.getNewTextFormat()
• TextField.getTextFormat()
• TextField._height
• TextField._highquality
• TextField.hscroll
• TextField.html
• TextField.htmlText
• TextField.length
• TextField.maxChars
• TextField.maxhscroll
• TextField.maxscroll
• TextField.multiline
• TextField._name
• TextField.onChanged()
• TextField.onKillFocus()
• TextField.onScroller()
• TextField.onSetFocus()
• TextField._parent
• TextField.password
• TextField._quality
• TextField.removeListener()
• TextField.removeTextField()
• TextField.replaceSel()
• TextField.restrict
• TextField._rotation
• TextField.scroll
• TextField.selectable
• TextField.setTextFormat()
• TextField.tabEnabled
• TextField.tabIndex
• TextField._target
• TextField.text
• TextField.textColor
• TextField.textHeight
• TextField.textWidth
• TextField.type
• TextField._url
• TextField.variable
• TextField._visible
• TextField._width
• TextField.wordWrap
• TextField._x
• TextField._xmouse
• TextField._xscale
• TextField._y
• TextField._ymouse
• TextField._yscale

• TextFormat (object)
• TextFormat.align
• TextFormat.blockIndent
• TextFormat.bold
• TextFormat.bullet
• TextFormat.color
• TextFormat.font
• TextFormat.getTextExtent()
• TextFormat.indent
• TextFormat.italic
• TextFormat.leading
• TextFormat.leftMargin
• TextFormat.rightMargin
• TextFormat.size
• TextFormat.tabStops
• TextFormat.target
• TextFormat.underline
• TextFormat.url

• XML.getBytesLoaded()
• XML.getBytesTotal()