Integrating Dreamweaver with Macromedia Flash in Java

Making Code-128 in Java Integrating Dreamweaver with Macromedia Flash

Background color (Bg): A background color chosen here overrides the background color as set in Macromedia Flash s Document Properties dialog box The Property inspector also includes some other handy tools: The Flash Edit button: This button opens the source FLA file in the Macromedia Flash application The Reset Size button: This button restores the SWF to its original dimensions The Play button: This button allows you to see the SWF file in action without opening the page in a browser window The Parameters button: This button allows you to customize parameters passed to the SWF The Flash Edit button in the Property inspector is grayed out if you do not have Macromedia Flash installed on your computer When you want to edit an SWF, you need to go back to the FLA source file to make your changes, and then re-export the SWF This is true except in the case of changing a link in an SWF file, in which case Dreamweaver adds a Design Note to pass the new link to the FLA source movie when you next launch and edit the FLA

To edit a Flash movie from within Dreamweaver, just follow these steps:

window The Property inspector updates to display the Macromedia Flash parameters (Refer to Figure 8-4)

If necessary, navigate to the FLA source file in the Locate Macromedia Flash Document File dialog box and double-click the FLA, or click it once and then click the Open button The source file opens in Macromedia Flash The designation Editing from Dreamweaver confirms that Macromedia Flash was launched from within Dreamweaver

Macromedia Flash exports an updated SWF to the proper directory, saves the FLA file to its current directory, and closes The new SWF appears in the Dreamweaver Document window If you changed the dimensions of the Flash movie, click the Reset size button to update the Dreamweaver code

Editing a link in an SWF file is similar to editing a Flash movie, but you need to set up a few things beforehand: Establish a home page and dependent pages in the Site Map Set the Site Map to display dependent files (as in Figure 8-5) See the Dreamweaver Help files for details on setting up a Site Map

After you ve done that, you can change a link in an SWF by following these steps:

You can also update a link in an SWF while updating the same link in other files by choosing Site Change Link Sitewide and inputting the old and new links in the Change Link Sitewide dialog box that appears Whether you change the link only in the SWF file or in an SWF file as part of a sitewide update, the FLA source file will not be updated until you launch and edit the SWF from Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver fully absorbed ColdFusion, in the sense that Dreamweaver became the working environment for ColdFusion In Book VI, we describe how to set up your ColdFusion server, as well as concepts in programming; Book II, 6 offers the information you need to write CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language) using Dreamweaver

Though you can publish FreeHand documents as HTML (complete with embedded SWF movies, URL links, and Flash actions), FreeHand MX is not as tightly integrated with Dreamweaver as Fireworks is FreeHand is primarily a print-oriented design application, so it s no surprise that it lacks the kinds of controls Fireworks offers for image slicing and optimization In other words, if you re designing for the Web, you ll find Fireworks a much better tool (not in the least for its solid integration with Dreamweaver) Nonetheless, if you ever find yourself with an HTML file published by FreeHand, rest assured that you can open and edit that file in Dreamweaver, as you can with an HTML file created in any application