Flash Catalyst CS5 Bible

Foreword vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xxvii

Quick Start: Dive Into Flash Catalyst CS5 1

Part I: Rich Internet Applications and the Flash Platform 27

Chapter 1: Understanding Rich Internet Applications 29

Chapter 2: Introducing Flash Catalyst 35

Chapter 3: Working with Other Applications 47

Part II: Designing the Application 59

Chapter 4: Wireframing an Application in Flash Catalyst 61

Chapter 5: Creating an Application Comp in Illustrator 87

Chapter 6: Creating Assets in Photoshop 119

Chapter 7: Using Fireworks with Flash Catalyst 151

Part III: Creating the Application in Catalyst 175

Chapter 8: Converting Illustrator and Photoshop Artwork into Catalyst Projects 177

Chapter 9: Converting Artwork to Components 191

Chapter 10: Creating View States 211

Chapter 11: Adding Animation 225

Chapter 12: Working with Design-time Data 233

Chapter 13: Adding Multimedia 239

Part IV: Exporting Projects into Flash Builder 4 251

Chapter 14: Flash Builder 4 and the Flex Framework 253

Chapter 15: Export a Flash Catalyst Project to Flash Builder 275

Chapter 16: Returning a Project to Flash Catalyst 293

Chapter 17: Exporting Catalyst Projects Directly to Flash Player 299

Chapter 18: Creating a Project for AIR 305

Part V: Build a Complete Project 315

Chapter 19: Creating a Design Comp in Illustrator 317

Chapter 20: Importing the Design into Catalyst 371

Chapter 21: Importing Additional Artwork from Illustrator and Photoshop 389

Chapter 22: Converting Artwork to Components in Your Project 407

Chapter 23: Creating View States in Your Project 431

Chapter 24: Adding Data Lists 455

Chapter 25: Importing Your Project into Flash Builder 469

Chapter 26: Connecting Your Project to Live Data 489

Part VI: Appendixes 519

Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts 521

Appendix B: Best Practices 529

Appendix C: What’s on the Book’s Web Site 535

Index 543