Controlling Flash Content With Lingo Or Javascript Syntax; Controlling Flash Content Appearance With Lingo Or Javascript Syntax - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual

To add Flash to the list of external editors:
Select Edit > Preferences > Editors.
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Note: If you are using a Macintosh OS X operating system, select the Director menu, instead of
the Edit menu, to access Preferences.
Select Flash, and click Edit.
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Select Use External Editor, and click Browse.
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Browse to the location of your Flash application.
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Select the Flash application file, and click Open.
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Click OK, and then click OK again.
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Flash starts when you double click a Flash cast member.

Controlling Flash content with Lingo or JavaScript syntax

Lingo or JavaScript syntax gives you precise control over the way Director streams and displays
Flash content. You can use these scripts to check and control cast member streaming, zoom and
colorize the Flash asset, and pan the Flash image.
When a movie is playing, Lingo or JavaScript syntax can change the Flash cast member's
properties. Some cast member properties, such as the
properties, are valid only after the Flash content header has streamed into memory.
Director provides the following Lingo or JavaScript syntax that lets you manage how Director
uses Flash content. For more information, see the Scripting Reference topics in the Director
Help Panel.
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To control whether changes to a Flash cast member immediately appear in sprites that use the
cast member, set the cast member's
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To control whether Flash content is stored in an external file, set the
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To control which frame of Flash content that Director uses for the Flash contents thumbnail
image, set the
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To display a list of Flash content's current property settings in the Message window, use the
method.
showProps
Controlling Flash content appearance with Lingo or
JavaScript syntax
Lingo or JavaScript syntax can control how a Flash content appears on the Stage and which part
of the Flash content appears in its sprite's bounding rectangle. Lingo or JavaScript syntax can also
skew, rotate, scale, and flip the Flash content.
Director supports only the Copy, Transparent, Background Transparent, and Blend inks for Flash
sprites, and only when the sprite is not played Direct-to-Stage.
broadcastProps
property.
posterFrame

Controlling Flash content appearance with Lingo or JavaScript syntax

and
flashRect frameRate
property.
linked
cast member
property.
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