Working With Flash - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER MX 2004-USING DREAMWEAVER Use Manual

Working with Flash

You can use Dreamweaver to set playback and display options for a Flash file in a web page, or
update the links in the movie. If Macromedia Flash MX 2004 is installed, you can also select a
SWF file in a Dreamweaver document and start Flash to edit it.
Editing Flash content in Dreamweaver
If Macromedia Flash MX is installed, you can select a SWF file in a Dreamweaver document and
open Flash to edit it. Flash does not directly edit the SWF file; it edits the source document (FLA
file) and re-exports the SWF file.
To open and edit Flash content inserted from Dreamweaver:
In Dreamweaver, select Window > Properties to open the Property inspector, if it isn't
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already open.
In the Dreamweaver document, do one of the following:
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Click the SWF file placeholder to select it; then in the Property inspector click Edit.
Note: If you do not have Flash MX, the Edit button is disabled.
Hold down Control (Windows) or Command (Macintosh), and double-click the movie
placeholder for the movie you want to edit.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the desired movie, and select Edit
With Flash from the context menu.
Dreamweaver starts Flash, and Flash attempts to locate the Flash authoring file (FLA) for the
selected SWF file. If Flash cannot locate the Flash authoring file, you are prompted to locate it.
You cannot update a SWF file directly; you make changes to the source file, then export it as a
SWF file.
Note: If the FLA file or SWF file is locked, Dreamweaver prompts you to check the file out, cancel
the request, or view the file.
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