Macromedia Flash® ActionScript: Training from the Source

Lesson 18. Maximum-Strength SWF Files Over the last several years, Macromedia Flash has gained the respect of programmers as a tool to develop applications. The majority of these applications are used in web browsers and loaded over the Internet. ...

What You Will Learn In this lesson, you will: Learn about the fscommand() functionEnhance a Flash executable file by using a third-party toolConfigure movie functionality using HTML and FlashVars ...

Approximate Time This lesson takes approximately one and one half hours to complete. ...

Lesson Files Media Files: Lesson18/Assets/background.gif Lesson18/Assets/bullet.gif Lesson18/Assets/contactus.gif Lesson18/Assets/leftsidebar.gif Lesson18/Assets/placeholder.gif Lesson18/Assets/resources.gif Lesson18/Assets/resourcesdivider...

Understanding fscommand() The fscommand() function enables a Flash movie to communicate with the application that's currently holding the movie. The following are examples of applications that hold (host) Flash movies: Stand-alone Flash PlayerWeb...

Using Zinc Zinc is an excellent program created by Multidmedia Limited (MDM). Zinc is used to take a SWF file and to create a PC application, Mac application, or even a Pocket PC application from it. The latest version of Zinc no longer uses fscom...

Using FlashVars Have you ever had a situation in which a single Flash movie could be used in a number of different ways, aside from simple tweaks? For example, imagine having a Flash movie that loads and plays external MP3 files. To use this movie...

What You Have Learned In this lesson, you have: Learned about fscommand() functions (pages 475480)Enhanced a Flash movie with Zinc and special Zinc commands (pages 480496)Configured movie functionality using HTML and FlashVars (pages 496504) ...