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Customize HTML publishing templates

Modify HTML template variables to create an image map, a text report, or a URL report, or to insert custom values for some of the most common Flashobject and embed parameters (for Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator or Navigator, respectively).

Flash templates can include any HTML content for your application or even code for interpreters such as ColdFusion and ASP.

Flash templates use the AC_OETags.js file to load the SWF file into the HTML page. This JavaScript file lets users immediately interact with Flash content when it loads into the web page instead of having to first click on the Flash content to activate it.

  1. Using an HTML editor, open the Flash HTML template to change. These templates are in the following locations:
    • Windows XP or Vista: boot drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Flash CS3\language\Configuration\HTML\ The Application Data folder is usually a hidden folder; you might need to change your Windows Explorer settings to see this folder.

    • Mac OS X 10.3 and later: Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Flash CS3/First Run/HTML.

      The boot drive is the drive from which Windows 2000 or Windows XP boots (usually C:). The user is the name of the person logged in to the Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system. The language is set to an abbreviated language name. For example, in the US, language is set to “en” for English.

  2. Edit the template.
  3. Save the template in the same folder that you retrieved it from.
  4. To apply the template settings to your SWF file, select File > Publish Settings, click HTML, and select the template you modified. Flash changes only the template variables in the template selected.
  5. Select your remaining publish settings, and click OK.


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No screen name said on Jul 26, 2008 at 1:12 PM :
For the Mac, if you are searching for the templates that Flash is actually
using, you might want to look in:

/Users/YOUR_ACCOUNT_NAME/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash
CS3/en/Configuration/HTML

 

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