The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
| Printed |
Page 3
bottom: |
"As we shallsee" should be "As we shall see"
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Anonymous |
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Page 41
middle: |
"Advance Effect" should be "Advanced Effect"
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Anonymous |
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Page 46
middle: |
"Advanced Effects" should be "Advanced Effect"
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 99
middle |
"In the case of a bitmaps image" should be
"In the case of a bitmap image"
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 120
top: |
"onEnterFrameFrame()" should be "onEnterFrame()"
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Anonymous |
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Page 172
Under function drop (){ |
this.speed.y = 1;
should be:
this.speedY = 1;
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 178
circleHitTest function |
function circleHitTest (circle1, circle2) {
var a = circle1._x - circle2._x;
var b = circle1._y - circle2._y;
dist = Math.sqrt( Math.pow(a, 2) + Math.pow(b, 2));
return dist < Math.abs(circle1._width/2 - circle2._width/2);
}
should be:
function circleHitTest(circle1, circle2) {
var a = circle1._x-circle2._x;
var b = circle1._y-circle2._y;
var dist = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(a, 2)+Math.pow(b, 2));
return dist<(circle1._width/2+circle2._width/2);
}
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 253
3rd paragraph |
In the Library, right-click (Windows) or <Command>-Click (Mac) on... (Note: I can't reproduce the Apple Command key pictured in the book)
should be:
In the Library, right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac)
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Anonymous |
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Page 272
top |
"It's a bit of a trial and error process, but once you have the
correct result, its very obvious."
should be
"It's a bit of a trial and error process, but once you have the
correct result, it's very obvious."
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Anonymous |
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Page 291
top |
"Perhaps most importantly, you can create button movie clips
dynamically using MovieClip.duplicateMovieclip"
should be
"Perhaps most importantly, you can create button movie clips
dynamically using MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip"
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 323
top |
"A frame rate readout is displayed at the top left of the Stage"
should be
"A frame rate readout is displayed at the top right of the Stage"
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 323
first bullet |
"Are created using bitmaps tiles rather than vector ones"
should be
"Are created using bitmap tiles rather than vector ones"
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 339
top |
"Specifying ball's type as MoveClip tells the compiler that the
variable must contain a movie clip reference"
should be
"Specifying ball's type as MovieClip tells the compiler that the
variable must contain a movie clip reference"
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 343
top |
"However objects are not always treated the same way as simple
variables."
should be
"However, objects are not always treated the same way as simple
variables."
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 427
middle |
"Macromedia's uses cross-domain policy files to control the ways in
which Flash content on one domain can access content on another domain."
should be
"Macromedia uses cross-domain policy files to control the ways in
which Flash content on one domain can access content on another domain."
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 439
top |
"Someone could take a SWF that loads in your content and rework it to
load in his content, or worse yet, pass of your content as being his own."
should be
"Someone could take a SWF that loads in your content and rework it to
load in his content, or worse yet, pass off your content as being his own."
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Anonymous |
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Page 440
middle |
"Readers who have done traditional web design probably already have a
big wide smirks thinking about the downright dirtiness of this hack,
but here's a rundown for everyone else"
should be
"Readers who have done traditional web design probably already have
big wide smirk thinking about the downright dirtiness of this hack,
but here's a rundown for everyone else"
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Anonymous |
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Page 459
in index |
Add entry for -
Local Shared Object, 202
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Anonymous |
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