Computer Based Education

P. Schmidt's experiences with FLASHMX

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FLASH MX

Flash Development begins on Chris Lawrence's Hematology Project. October 2003.

Why Flash?

Flash offers two key things I want in this project, easier management of elements within the layout, and better protection of copyrighted material.

What will I lose using Flash?

This should be more of who won't be able to access the Flash files.

What version of Flash is being used?

Flash MX. This may present a problem next year, as the FLASH 2004 version has changed aspects of components and remote computing. 2 things I have found necessary to use FLASH with PHP and MySQL.

Recommended Learning material:

All the help libraries included with FLASH.

I found the book "Macromedia Flash Advanced, MX actionscripting, Training from the source" by Derek Franklin and Jobe Makar to be an excellent primer especially for someone (not me) who may not have much programming ability. It is not PROCEDURAL in its focus, by Object Oriented.