Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity

8.1. Importing Sounds There are two primary ways to use sound in Flash. The first is by importing a sound into Flash so that it is distributed as part of the compiled .swf file. The second is by loading an external sound at runtime using ActionScr...

8.2. Controlling External Sounds One of the best ways to keep file size, and therefore download time, to a minimum is by keeping as many assets as possible external to your main file. You will look at this extensively in Chapter 12, but you w...