Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 UNLEASHED [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

1.

Create a new page by choosing the New option from the File menu. Select th215 option from the Basic Page category and click Create.

2.

Insert the movie.swf file into the page by choosing Insert, Media, Flash, browsing to the file, and clicking OK.

3.

Select the Flash movie on the page and enter a unique name for it in the Name text box in the Properties Inspector. I'll call my Flash movie

theMovie .

4.

Disable both the Loop and Autoplay options in the Properties Inspector.

5.

Insert three form object buttons onto the page, changing their Actions to None, and labeling them

Play, Stop , and

Rewind respectively. The result will resemble Figure 20.11.

6.

Open the Behaviors panel by choosing Window, Behaviors.

7.

Select the Play button on the page and choose the Control Shockwave or Flash behavior, available by clicking the Add (+) button in the Behaviors panel. The Control Shockwave or Flash dialog appears, similar to Figure 20.12.

8.

From the Control Shockwave or Flash dialog, select the movie you want to control from the Movie menu. Because we're working with only one movie on this page, select the movie theMovie option.

9.

Enable the Play radio button and click OK.

NOTE

Aside from simply playing, stopping, and rewinding, you can also take the user to a specific frame number within the Flash movie. To do this, choose the Go to Frame option and type a numeric value in the provided text box.

10.

Repeat steps 79, attaching Stop and Rewind actions to the Stop and Rewind buttons respectively.

11.

Save your work as controlling_flash_with_behaviors.