[vet-mm] AS2 v AS3 allowed

Thu Feb 19 08:38:57 EST 2009

Claire and Trav, thanks for that advice - I'll stick with AS2, that
seems the safe bet.

On a more general note, I did some digging to check the status of
current exam advice - this is all I can find...

1.       Examination Advice 2005-2006
<http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/correspondence/bulletins/2005/june/05junesu1
.pdf>  (VCAA Bulletin, Supplement 1, June 05, 327KB)

2.       As you all probably know, this revised examination advice
continued to apply in 2007 (VCAA Bulletin No. 45 February 2007).

3.       Not sure about 08/09??

Can anyone tell me if there has been more advice since then, I am
missing a few VCAA Bulletin's, maybe I missed something.

- Rob

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[mailto:vet-mm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of claire
Sent: Wednesday, 18 February 2009 10:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [vet-mm] AS2 v AS3 allowed

Yes they have had the odd question in the past, where you had to select
the language (Lingo, AS1/2, Javascript) and the code snippet appeared.
As far as I know, there has been no documentation to say this couldn't
happen again or that states only pseudocode will be used. 
You might take a punt that there won't be questions that ask students to
read specific script, and so go with AS3, but it would be a gamble!
Cheers
Claire :-)

Travis Parker wrote:

Rob,

I remember seeing exams that have snippets of AS2 in an exam then
getting students to 'find 3 errors' or some such task. This is my first
year teaching it so someone else may know more than me on this one!

Trav

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Subject: [vet-mm] AS2 v AS3 allowed

Thanks for the tutorials Trav.

I'm a little confused about the 'only AS2' condition you mentioned.

If scripting is not examined on the exam except in the form of
pseudocode (am I right?), then where is the problem.

Can anyone shed some light on this - have I missed a reference to this
issue in a VCAA document?

Rob Swain
Digital Media 

Creative Busines Enterprise | Gordon Institute of TAFE

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Subject: RE: [vet-mm] FLASH ActionScript 3.0 Buttons

Ray,

I have spent Summer learning AS3 (Only to be told at Friday's PixelEd
conference that we can only use AS2!), so here are some tutorials that I
have written.

'Boxes using a button' is changing frames by clicking a button

'Boxes using a keystroke' is changing frames with a keystroke

'Interactive files' is a multiple choice application

'Jumping to a random frame' makes use of a button that, when pressed
jumps to a random frame.

Enjoy!

Trav

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Subject: Re: [vet-mm] FLASH ActionScript 3.0 Buttons

Not being a programmer, AS 3 looks far too complicated for me, a radical
change from AS2 - I know that there's no on(release) or on(press) events
anymore!
Does this help?
http://drawlogic.com/2007/06/03/as3-mouse-events-and-mouse-related-user-
actions
or
http://www.matthijskamstra.nl/blog/index.php/2008/01/03/from-as2-to-as3-
where-did-it-go-onrelease/
Good Luck!
Claire :-)

Raymond Nashar wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to give buttons the ability to navigate to different
> frames  in a timeline.
>
> I'm used to using behaviors in ActionScript 2.0.
>
> How is it done in ActionScript 3.0?
>
> Does anyone have a simple example or fla file to share?>
> T! hanks heaps in advance!
>
> -Ray
>
>
>
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