ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language originally developed by Macromedia Inc. (later acquired by Adobe). It is influenced by HyperTalk, the scripting language for HyperCard.[3] It is now an implementation of ECMAScript (meaning it is a superset of the syntax and semantics of the language more widely known as JavaScript), though it originally arose as a sibling, both being influenced by HyperTalk. ActionScript code is usually converted to byte-code format by a compiler.
ActionScript is used primarily for the development of websites and software targeting the Adobe Flash platform, originally finding use on web pages in the form of embedded SWF files.
ActionScript 3 is also used with the Adobe AIR system for the development of desktop and mobile applications. The language itself is open-source in that its specification is offered free of charge[4] and both an open-source compiler (as part of Apache Flex) and open-source virtual machine (Tamarin) are available.
ActionScript was also used with Scaleform GFx for the development of three-dimensional video-game user interfaces and heads up displays.
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^RFC 4329 (limit compatible with EcmaScript)
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"Actionscript", version: "3.0" }; var item6: XML = <node><child /></node>; // Note that the primitive XML is not quoted A reference in ActionScript is...
needed] In 2000, the first major version of ActionScript was developed, and released with Flash 5. Actionscript 2.0 was released with Flash MX 2004 and supported...
open source project. However, Tamarin and ActionScript 3 were too different from established client-side scripting, and without cooperation from Microsoft...
using the String function. In July 2009, exploits were found to be using ActionScript to spray the heap in Adobe Flash. Though it has been proven that heap-spraying...
performance, and are known as "pure ActionScript" applications. Video games built on the AIR platform are typically pure-Actionscript projects. Various open-source...
Player are typically pure-Actionscript projects. Various open-source component frameworks are available for pure ActionScript projects, such as MadComponents...
version of the ActionScript programming language, known as Actionscript 3, reflecting the latest ECMAScript specification. The use of ActionScript 3 and Flex...
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"How ActionScript foreshadowed TypeScript". Medium. Retrieved 9 July 2022. Bright, Peter (3 October 2012). "Microsoft TypeScript: the JavaScript we need...
Flash file format that was used for multimedia, vector graphics and ActionScript. Originating with FutureWave Software, then transferred to Macromedia...
Class irb(main):011:0> A > B => true irb(main):012:0> B <= A => true In ActionScript (as3), the function flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName can be used to...
or a direct reference to the object instance." ActionScript 3 does not support eval. The ActionScript 3 Eval Library and the D.eval API were development...
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support for raster graphics, rich text, audio video embedding, and ActionScript 3.0 scripting. Animations may be published for HTML5, WebGL, Scalable Vector...
dialect of the ECMAScript 3 standard and therefore similar to JavaScript and ActionScript. The toolkit comes bundled with Creative Suite and Technical Communication...
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following is an example of a class with lazy initialization implemented in ActionScript: package examples.lazyinstantiation { public class Fruit { private var...
Dreamweaver supports syntax highlighting for the following languages: ActionScript Active Server Pages (ASP). C# Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) ColdFusion...
implementations include the Adobe products Adobe Flash (ActionScript) and Adobe Acrobat (for scripting PDF files). Tcl was created as an extension language...
extension that adds native XML support to ECMAScript (which includes ActionScript, JavaScript, and JScript). The goal was to provide an alternative to DOM interfaces...
include:[citation needed] MTASC - fast ActionScript 2 compiler Haxe - multi-platform language similar to ActionScript 3 NekoVM - VM-based runtime and language...
RIAs (Rich Internet Applications). The server uses ActionScript 1, an ECMAScript based scripting language, for server-side logic. Prior to version 2...
given virtual machine, each covering a different set of functions. JavaScript machines not included. See List of ECMAScript engines to find them. The...
bytecode intermediary. ActionScript executes in the ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM), which is part of Flash Player and AIR. ActionScript code is typically...
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