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Index: D

data containers, storing clip references in: 13.5.6.2. Storing references to clips in data containers
data movie clip event: 10.10.4. data
data movie clip event handler: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
building preloaders: 10.10.4.2. Using a data event handler with loadMovie( )
loadMovie() and: 10.10.4.2. Using a data event handler with loadMovie( )
loadVariables() and: 10.10.4.1. Using a data event handler with loadVariables( )
order of execution: 10.12. Order of Execution
data validation: 19.1. Debugging Tools
data values and logical expressions: 5.7.4. Logical Expressions and Data Values
datatypes: 3. Data and Datatypes
built-in ActionScript: 3.2.1. The ActionScript Datatypes
converting: 3.4. Datatype Conversion
comparison operations and: 5.5.5. Comparison Operations and Datatype Conversion
equality operations and: 5.4.3. Equality and Datatype Conversion
converting to
Booleans: 3.4.1. Automatic Type Conversion
3.4.2.7. Converting to a Boolean
7.1. The if Statement
numbers: 3.4.1. Automatic Type Conversion
3.4.2.4. Converting to a number with the Number( ) function
5.3. Arithmetic Operators
strings: 3.4.1. Automatic Type Conversion
creating data: 3.3. Creating and Categorizing Data
Flash 4 to Flash 5 conversions: 3.4.4. Flash 4-to-Flash 5 Datatype Conversion
manually determining: 2.4.3. Determining the Type Manually
3.4.5. Determining the Type of an Existing Datum
operators and: 5.1.5. Datatypes and Operators
primitive: 4. Primitive Datatypes
equality of: 5.4.1. Primitive Datatype Equality
vs. composite: 3.5. Primitive Data Versus Composite Data
variables and: 2.4. Types of Values
Date class: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date() global function: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date objects, creating: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getDate(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getDay(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getFullYear(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getHours(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getMilliseconds(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getMinutes(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getMonth(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getSeconds(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getTime(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getTimezoneOffset(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getUTCDate(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getUTCDay(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getUTCFullYear(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getUTCHours(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getUTCMilliseconds(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getUTCMinutes(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getUTCMonth(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getUTCSeconds(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.getYear(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
dates
adding days to/subtracting days from: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
applying custom formatting to: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
calculating using milliseconds: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
UTC time: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
loading SWF files based on: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setDate(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setFullYear(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setHours(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setMilliseconds(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setMinutes(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setMonth(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setSeconds(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setTime(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setUTCDate(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setUTCFullYear(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setUTCHours(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setUTCMilliseconds(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setUTCMinutes(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setUTCMonth(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setUTCSeconds(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.setYear(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.toString(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.UTC(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
Date.valueOf(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
days of the month
assigning: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
UTC time: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
retrieving: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
UTC time: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
days of the week
retrieving: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
UTC time: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
deallocating local variables: 2.5.8. Local Variables
debugger keyword (potential reserved word): 14.4. Reserved Words
Debugger tool: 19.1.5. The Debugger
debugging: 19. Debugging
methodology: 19.2. Debugging Methodology
problems
common sources of: 19.2.3. Common Sources of Bugs
fixing: 19.2.4. Fixing Bugs
identifying sources of: 19.2.2. Identifying the Source of a Bug
recognizing/reproducing: 19.2.1. Recognizing Bugs
tools: 19.1. Debugging Tools
decimal (base-10)
integers: 4.3.1. Integer Literals
converting numbers to: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
logarithm of e: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
decimal points in floating-point literals: 4.3.2. Floating-Point Literals
declaration, function: 9.1. Creating Functions
declaring variables: 2.1. Creating Variables (Declaration)
decoded strings, creating: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
decrement () operator: 5.3.4. Decrement
default keyword (potential reserved word): 14.4. Reserved Words
delete operator: 5.11.4. The delete Operator
array elements, removing: 11.8.1. Removing Elements with the delete Operator
named array elements, removing: 11.6.2. Removing Named Elements
DELETEKEY property (Key object): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
delimiters
in code: 14.1. Whitespace
in strings converted from arrays: 11.9.4. The join( ) Method
depth-swapping instances: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
device fonts, used by text fields: 18.3.7. Embed Fonts
Director, communicating with: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
division assignment (/=) operator: 5.1.3. Operator Precedence
division operator (/): 4.4.1. Using Operators
5.3.6. Division
do-while loop: 6.3. The ActionScript Statements
8.3. The do-while Loop
DOCTYPE tag: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
docTypeDecl property (XML class): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
document levels: 2.5.6.2. Accessing variables on different document levels
attaching external variables to: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
deleting movies from: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
_leveln global property: 13.4.3. The .swf Document "_level" Stack
13.5.4.2. Referencing other documents in the Player using _leveln
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
loading SWF files
via loadMovie(): 13.4.3. The .swf Document "_level" Stack
13.5.4.2. Referencing other documents in the Player using _leveln
via loadMovieNum(): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
printing frames
as bitmaps: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
using vectors: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
removing using unloadMovie(): 13.6.1. Using unloadMovie( ) with Instances and Levels
DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE (XML node type): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
DOCUMENT_NODE (XML node type): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE (XML node type): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
does-not-equal (!=) operator (Flash 5): 4.6.2.1. Using the equality (==) and inequality (!=) operators
5.4.4. The Inequality Operator
does-not-equal (ne) operator (Flash 4): 3.4.4. Flash 4-to-Flash 5 Datatype Conversion
4.6.11. Flash 4 Versus Flash 5 String Operators and Functions
dot (.) operator: 5.11.6. The dot Operator
accessing movie clip properties: 13.1. The "Objectness" of Movie Clips
accessing object properties: 12.3.1. Referring to Properties
traversing clip instance hierarchy: 13.5.3. Referring to Nested Instances
dot syntax
absolute paths of clips: 13.5.6.6. The targetPath( ) function
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
accessing variables: 2.5.6. Accessing Variables on Different Timelines
controlling movie clips: C.2. Controlling Movie Clips
scope chain and: 9.7.1. The Scope Chain
double keyword (potential reserved word): 14.4. Reserved Words
double-precision floating-point numbers: 4.3.2.1. Floating-point precision
double quotes ("") in strings: 4.5.2. String Literals
DOWN property (Key object): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
drag-and-drop interfaces, creating: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
dragging movie clips: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
ending the drag operation: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
dragOut button event: 10.8.6. dragOut
dragOver button event: 10.8.7. dragOver
_droptarget property (MovieClip class): 13.7. Built-in Movie Clip Properties
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
duplicateMovieClip()
global function: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
target parameter and: 13.8.3.1. Method versus global function overlap issues
MovieClip class: 13.8.3. Built-in Movie Clip Methods
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference
adding generated clips to stack: 13.4.2.2. How clips generated via duplicateMovieClip( ) are added to the stack
copying clip event handlers: 10.13. Copying Clip Event Handlers
creating instances: 13.3.2.2. Creating instances with duplicateMovieClip( )
load movie clip event and: 10.10.2. load
seed clips and: 13.2.7. Seed Clips
dynamic datatyping for variables: 2.4.1. Automatic Typing
dynamic functions: 9.5. Function Literals
clip event handlers and: 10.16. Dynamic Movie Clip Event Handlers
dynamically-named variables: 2.1.2.1. Creating dynamically named variables


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