Chapter 6: Testing Flash Lite Content (Flash Professional Only); Overview Of Flash Lite Testing Features (Flash Professional Only) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-DEVELOPING FLASH LITE 2.X Develop Manual

CHAPTER 6
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Testing Flash Lite Content
(Flash Professional Only)
Macromedia Flash Professional 8 includes a Flash Lite emulator that lets you test your
application in the authoring tool as it will appear and function on an actual device. When
you're satisfied with the application running in the emulator, you can test it on an actual
device. This chapter describes the Flash Lite testing and debugging features that are available
in Flash Professional 8.
This chapter contains the following topics:
Overview of Flash Lite testing features (Flash Professional only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Testing features not supported by the Flash Lite emulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using the Flash Lite emulator (Flash Professional only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Flash Lite error and warning messages (Flash Professional only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Selecting test devices and Flash Lite content type (Flash Professional only) . . . . 94
Flash Lite content types (Flash Professional only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Flash Lite platform capabilities (Flash Professional only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
About playing a device video in the emulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Overview of Flash Lite testing features
(Flash Professional only)
The Flash Lite testing features in Flash Professional 8 consist of two components: the Flash
Lite emulator and the Device Settings dialog box. The Flash Lite emulator lets you preview
your Flash Lite content within the Flash authoring tool. The emulator is configured to match
the behavior and, optionally, the appearance of any target device. You use the Device Settings
dialog box to select and manage your target devices, as well specify your application's target
Flash Lite content type, such as ringtone, browser, or stand-alone application.
A more detailed discussion of each of these components follows.
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