Flash and XML[c] A Developer[ap]s Guide

We have adhered to several conventions in this book.

Case Conventions

lowerAndUpperCase is used to name variables and functions in ActionScript

UpperAndLowerCase labels frames and names symbols, objects and constructors.

ALL_UPPER_CASE is used in manifest constants, SQL keywords, PHP globals .

Separated_by_underscores is typically used for PHP names.

Typesetting Conventions

italics indicate names we gave variables, functions, elements, instances, and so on.

codefont shows language keywords and expressions.

codefont is also used to set off the text output of any program.

boldface introduces the first use of an important term .

S MALL C APS are used for pull-down menu options. Slashes show hierarchy.

"quotes" are reserved for string literals.

These rules are breached occasionally in the book. Sometimes this is for historic reasons, sometimes due to ambiguity and sometimes because it just didn't look right.

Dov and Jesse Jacobson

Berkeley Lake, Georgia

dov@bigfun.net

jesse.jacobson@dartmouth.edu

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