ToolmakerSteve,
> I'm using Flash 8. I see lots of ActionScript stuff around the web,
> but not much about using JSFL to extend Flash.
Yup! JSFL is a hidden gem.
> My goal is to be able to create custom add-ons that automate
> repetitive work tailored to a given project.
I use JSFL for this sort of thing routinely, and it does wonders.
> What I've found so far:
> 1. The official Adobe docs
> 2. I looked at Exchange / JSFL Extensions -- seems to be a bunch
> of precompiled stuff people are selling. (I was hoping to see source
> examples).
Right.
> 3. Found oyFlashDoc.jsfl (How To Track Changes in Flash Movies
> Using JSFL). Good example of recursing down the Flash DOM.
Haven't heard of that one.
> What else is out there?
Hands down, the best (only?) book out there is "Extending Flash MX 2004"
(friends of ED), by Keith Peters and Todd Yard. You can usually find it for
a steal (used) at websites like valorebooks.com, abebooks.com, and the like.
It was worth every penny new, and at abebooks I'm seeing it the range of
us$4 to us$5. You can't go wrong. Yes, it was written for Flash MX 2004,
but JSFL hasn't changed much since that release, even in Flash CS3.
David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."
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