Skinning the Flash MX 2004 Components

Skinning the Flash MX 2004 Components
The Macromedia Flash MX 2004 components have come a long way in functionality from previous versi …

Benefits of the New Skinning Architecture

Benefits of the New Skinning Architecture
The Flash MX 2004 components are based on the Version 2.0 component framework, the latest fra …

ActionScript 3.0 Overview

ActionScript Article
ActionScript 3.0 is a powerful, object-oriented programming language that signifies an important step in the evolu …

Methodology for Adobe plug-in technology study

Methodology for Adobe plug-in technology study

Research Supplier Background
Millward Brown is one of the world’s top 10 consumer …

Adobe Flash Player Version Penetration

Adobe Flash Player Version Penetration

Worldwide Ubiquity of Adobe Flash Player by Version(Millward Brown – Worldwide Survey)
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Flash Player Statistics

Flash content reaches 97.3% of Internet viewers

Adobe Flash Player is the world’s most pervasive software platform, used by ov …

JavaScript Flash Player Detection and Embeddin ...

JavaScript Flash Player Detection and Embedding with SWFObject
SWFObject is a small JavaScript file that you can use for embedding Macr …

Introducing Adobe Flash Player 9

In September 2005, Macromedia introduced Flash Player 8, which delivered revolutionary new expressiveness and rendering performance—i …

How SWFObject Works

How SWFObject Works
Using SWFObject is easy. Simply include the JavaScript file called swfobject.js and then use a small amount of Java …

How to make a Flash movie with a transparent b ...

How to make a Flash movie with a transparent background
The background of a Flash movie can be set to transparent. This allows the bac …

Different approaches to setting variables in a ...

A variable is a container that holds information, such as numerical or string data. This TechNote outlines the five main ways to set va …

Macromedia Flash OBJECT and EMBED tag syntax

Macromedia Flash OBJECT and EMBED tag syntax
Introduction
An HTML page is required to correctly display a Macromedia Flash movie in a …

Flash OBJECT and EMBED tag attributes

Flash OBJECT and EMBED tag attributes
This document lists the required and optional attributes of the OBJECT and EMBED tags used to pu …

Using FlashVars to pass variables to a SWF

Using FlashVars to pass variables to a SWF
Introduction
The FlashVars property of Macromedia Flash Player provides an efficient method …

SWFObject Examples

SWFObject Examples
The previous example is all that you need for barebones usage of SWFObject. But what if you need to use some of the …

Using Express Install with SWFObject

Using Express Install with SWFObject
SWFObject has full support for the Express Install feature in Flash Player 8. Included with the SW …

Comparing SWFObject with Other Methods

Comparing SWFObject with Other Methods
There have been several methods over the years to detect versions of Flash Player and embed SWFs …

Communication methods prior to Flash 8

Communication methods prior to Flash 8
Earlier versions of Flash Player 8 relied on getURL() and fscommand() to communicate from Flash …

ExternalInterface class

ExternalInterface class
The ExternalInterface class introduced in Flash Player 8 enables straightforward communication between ActionSc …

ExternalInterface.call()

ExternalInterface.call()
ExternalInterface.call() can invoke a JavaScript function and handle a return value. In the past, you had to …