MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual page 380

Importing an XML file into the Strings panel
After you modify an XML file, if you place it in the folder specified in the Strings panel for
that language, the XML file is loaded into the FLA file when it opens.
You can also import an XML file into the Strings panel from another location. After you
import it, when you save, test, or publish the file, the XML file in the folder specified for that
language is overwritten. You cannot import an XML file for a language unless it has already
been selected as an available language in the Strings panel. You can also add a language and
import an XML file with the translation for that language.
To import an XML file into the Strings panel:
1. Select Window > Other Panels > Strings to open the Strings panel.
2. Click Import XML to show the Import XML dialog box.
3. In the Select a Language pop-up menu, select the language of the XML file you are
importing, and click OK.
4. Navigate to the folder and XML file to import.
The XML information is loaded into the column in the Strings panel for the language you
selected in step 3.
Be sure to select the same language in Steps 3 and 4. Otherwise, you could, for
example, import a French XML file into the column for German.
Regardless of where the XML file you imported was located, when you save, test, or publish
the Flash document (FLA file), a folder for each language in the Strings panel and an XML
file for each language are created in the location indicated for publishing SWF files. For more
information, see "Publishing Flash documents" on page
the folder and file are saved in the same folder in which the FLA file is located. The XML files
generated by the Strings panel are always populated with the information in the Strings panel.
380 Creating Multilanguage Text
459. If no publish path is indicated,