Chapter 5: Testing Flash Lite Content (Flash Professional Only); Overview Of Flash Lite Testing Features (Flash Professional Only) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-DEVELOPING FLASH LITE Develop Manual

CHAPTER 5
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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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Using the Flash Lite emulator (Flash Professional Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Flash Lite error and warning messages (Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting test devices and Flash Lite content type (Flash Professional Only) . . . . 76
Flash Lite content types (Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Determining platform capabilities (Flash Professional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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. You use the Device Settings dialog box to
select which devices are available to you to preview in the Flash Lite emulator.
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