how do u get to the Actionscript in a new file?

[The_Triangle]

Hi. I'm new to flash. My background is with Turing, I have fairly extensive knowledge in turing. Now I'm learning Flash MX 2004. So how do I get to this Actionscript?

[wthef]

I would looking at some premade flash files as the logic for actionscript is different then turing:
first the syntac is very similar to javascript (ie almost every statment is followed by a ";")
second is that the action script is normally not all in one spot, it is spread out through a series of movie clips.
to actually code in action script you have to select a frame in the time line then press f9 (action panel), once it opens it will look similar to notepad but you may not be able to type your code, this is because it defaults to "normal mode" which is a drag and drop system. to edit like you do in turing you need to switch to expert mode, which can be done by clicking the blue icon in hte top right of the actions panel, then check expert mode.
for more help try these sites:

http://www.gotoandplay.it
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/index.htm
http://www.smartwebby.com

if you are serious about learning some more advance things i would suggest you purchase the book: macromedia Flash MX Bible by: robert reinhardt and snow dowd
worth about $50 us or $80 cdn
-wthef