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The following tutorials can be loaded from the Samples area (File | Samples | Tutorials | filename.swi).

.swi File	Tutorial Name	Purpose
helloworld.swi	Hello World	Demonstrate the use of the trace command and Debug Panel
flowcontrol.swi	Variables and Flow Control	Demonstrate the use of variables, if and while statements
button.swi	Button	Demonstrates the on(release) Button Event
button1.swi	Button with rollOver	Demonstrate the on(rollOver), on(rollOut) Button Events. Demonstrate the _xscale and _yscale properties
calculator.swi	Calculator	Introduces the Text Object with Input and Dynamic text properties. Introduces the Math Object
properties.swi	Object Properties	Introduce the Object properties: _X, _Y, _xscale, _yscale, _width, _height, _alpha, _rotation, _name and _visible
dragging.swi	Mouse Dragging	Introduces startDragUnlocked(), startDragLocked() and stopDrag() methods. Introduces onSelfEvent( press ) and onSelfEvent( release ) Events to start and stop dragging
droptarget.swi	Drop Target / Target	Demonstrates the use of the _target and _droptarget properties
collide.swi	Collision Detection	Introduces isNearTarget() and isNearThis() methods
game.swi	Simple Gaming	Introduces User defined functions, use of onLoad() Event Handling function to initialise variables and the use of the onEnterFrame() Event Handling function to animate Objects
mymoviecontrol.swi	Movie Control	Demonstrates how to control timelines playing in Sprites and how Sprites can control the main movie timeline using various methods of the gotoAndPlay() action.
welcome.swi	Input and Dynamic Text	Demonstrates how users can add text to the movie to be used at a later time in the same movie. Introduces methods for user input through Input Text fields and storing that information as a variable to be used in dynamic content
maxarray.swi	Arrays and Random	Demonstrates how to use Arrays to display a random message. Introduces methods for Arrays and Math.randomInt()
txtmessage.swi	Data Transfer - text	Demonstrates how data can be transferred to and from .htm, .asp, .php or text files that are resident on a server. Introduces the methods loadVariables() and shows how you can load an external .txt file into your movie at runtime.

It is recommended that Guided mode be selected in the Script Panel for the entry of the following tutorials. The tutorials assume that you are familiar with the SWiSH drawing tools. If you are not familiar, please refer to these tutorials first.