Chapter 13: Creating Multilanguage Text - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

As more applications are distributed to worldwide audiences, it is becoming common to author
applications that can appear in multiple languages. Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and
Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 provide several new features that greatly enhance the
work flow for authoring multiple language Unicode-based applications. You can include
multilanguage text in your document in the following ways:
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The new Strings panel lets localizers edit strings in a central location inside Flash or in external
XML files with their preferred software or translation memory. For more information, see
"Authoring multilanguage text with the Strings panel" on page
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You can select which character sets you want to embed in your applications, which limits the
number of character glyphs in your published SWF file and reduces its size. For more
information, see "Using embedded fonts" on page
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You can use a Western-style keyboard to create text on the Stage in Chinese, Japanese, and
Korean. For more information, see
Stage" on page 248.
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If you have Unicode fonts installed on your system, you can enter text directly into a text field.
Because the fonts are not embedded, your users must also have Unicode fonts. For more
information, see "Creating documents with multilanguage text without using the Strings
panel" on page 248.
Other, less common, methods of including multilingual text in your movie include the following:
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You can include an external text file in a dynamic or input text field, using the
action. For more information, see
#include action" on page
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You can load external text or XML files into a Flash application at runtime using the
action, the
loadVariables
information, see "Using ActionScript to load external files" on page
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You can enter Unicode escape characters in the string value for a dynamic or input text field
variable. For more information, see
variables" on page
Creating Multilanguage Text
"Using a Western keyboard to enter Asian characters on the
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object, or the
LoadVars
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