Writing Scripts with ActionScript > Writing scripts with ActionScript: Overview
Writing scripts with ActionScript: OverviewWhen you create scripts in ActionScript, you can choose the level of detail you want to use. To use simple actions, you can use the Actions panel in Normal Mode and build scripts by choosing options from menus and lists. However, if you want to use ActionScript to write more powerful scripts, you must understand how ActionScript works as a language.
Like other scripting languages, ActionScript consists of components, such as predefined objects and functions, and it allows you to create your own objects and functions. ActionScript follows its own rules of syntax, reserves keywords, provides operators, and allows you to use variables to store and retrieve information.
ActionScript's syntax and style closely resemble that of JavaScript. Flash 5 performs conversions on ActionScript written in any previous version of Flash.