Chapter 5: Flash Integration; How Flash Elements Work - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-DREAMWEAVER API Reference

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CHAPTER 5
Flash Integration
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 provides support for Macromedia Flash elements as well as
continuing support for the Flash Object API, which leverages the Flash Generator Template
file to create new Flash objects. This chapter describes ways of working with Flash elements
(SWC files), and also provides details for the creation of Flash objects (SWF files) from Flash
Generator templates (SWT files).
For information about simply adding Flash content to Dreamweaver objects or commands,
see Extending Dreamweaver.

How Flash elements work

Flash elements are packaged as SWC files. A SWC file is a compiled component movie clip
that is generated by Flash for use by Macromedia and third-party products. Dreamweaver can
make these components available to users through the Insert bar, Insert menu, or a toolbar.
You create Flash elements using the Flash authoring tool, but Dreamweaver can parse
properties of a Flash element and express them through the tag (a child of the
param object
tag). Users can then edit the tag attributes to change the properties of the element as it
param
is published (for more information about working with component properties in
Dreamweaver, see Using Dreamweaver).
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