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Publishing

Tips And Tricks For Flash

Publishing:

  • The HTML Templates used by Flash can be modified to streamline and personalize the publishing process. In addition to Flash's Template Variables, standard HTML or other tags can also be inserted.
  • If shapes or text appear jagged when playing a movie check to see if the the QUALITY attribute of the OBJECT and EMBED tags is set to HIGH.
  • Flash movies can scale to fill the entire browser window or can play within a specific area. Use the HEIGHT and WIDTH parameters in the Publish Settings dialog to choose one or the other.
  • If you cannot view the Flash movies off a Web server then the server's MIME types might need to be set, so that it recognizes the SWF file format and loads the appropriate plug-in.
  • Bitmaps can distort if you allow the movie to scale within the HTML page. To avoid this, use an exact pixel HEIGHT and WIDTH for the dimensions rather than percentages.

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