Publishing
Flash Files
Flash
4 exports your Flash sites into .swf files. These .swf files
need a "shell" to be viewed - a shell to control how
the .swf file will react when viewed in an internet browser.
This shell is usually HTML [HyperText Markup Language].
To
export the Flash file is not a problem, the problem resides
in creating the proper HTML code. Fortunately, Flash 4 has a
built-in command called "Publish", that will help
you with this. Here is a step by step tutorial on how to publish
a typical Flash movie:
1.
Click File > Publish Settings, or press CTRL + SHIFT
+ F12
2.
Check at least Flash and HTML under the Formats tab.
3.
Set your own values for sound and graphics in the Flash
tab.
4.
Select Flash Only (default) in the HTML tab. (We'll get
to the other options later)
5.
Click Publish.
Now
the Flash page you've made will show up in your default internet
browser, and the HTML code is generated by Flash 4.
Note:
a program called Aftershock was bundled with Flash 3 to generate
the HTML code, but now its functions have been included inside
of Flash 4.
Well,
now that you have published your page lets see how to make
it compatible.