MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-EXTENDING FIREWORKS Manual page 118

Using the API wrapper extension in Macromedia
Flash
You can install a special extension that was developed specifically for writing Fireworks
functions in ActionScript (currently, only ActionScript 1.0) either as a replacement for the
and
MMExecute() MMEndCommand()
it is installed, the API wrapper appears in the Macromedia Flash interface. This wrapper
simplifies the writing of Fireworks commands. Instead of having to embed every Fireworks
function in
MMExecute()
when it is published, the wrapper translates the
functions. You can also mix the
To install the API wrapper, make sure you have the Macromedia Extension Manager installed
and double-click the Extension file. In Macromedia Flash, the wrapper appears in the
Components window as FWCommandComponents.
The following example shows a command without the wrapper:
var path = MMExecute("fw.appPatternsDir;");
The following example shows the same command using the wrapper:
var path =fwapi.getAppPatternsDir();
Working with ActionScript files
You can simplify the editing task by keeping a separate ActionScript file for ActionScript; in
this way, you don't need to open and edit the FLA file directly. Your FLA file must have a
#include myStringFile.as
of your ActionScript file) to ensure that the ActionScript strings are complied at publishing
time.
The FLA and ActionScript files should reside in the same folder so that the ActionScript
file can be easily found for compiling.
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functions or to be used in conjunction with them. After
, you can use a series of
functions with
fwapi
statement in the first frame (where
functions in the ActionScript. Then,
fwapi
functions into the expanded Fireworks
fwapi
MMExecute()
myStringFile
statements.
is the name