HTML Settings

Loop Movie

To control looping of the movie, use the "Movie loops" check box.

Transparent Background

There is a way to make the background of the movie transparent involving WMODE parameter in the html JavaScript but it has some major draw backs. Netscape of any platform and IE on the MAC and IE for Unix of any version cannot use WMode. The only browser that can use WMode is MSIE 4.0 or higher on the PC. To add this WMODE code to your html javascript, check "Transparent background" check box.

Folder with SWF and Imported Files

If the SWF file and imported files like .flv, .mp3, and other .swf files are in a separate sub-directory from the HTML file, select the second radio choice and enter the relative path of the sub-directory, e.g., graphcis. The HTML file will be modified in 7 places -- the sub-directory path will be appended to the front of the SWF file name in 4 places and a base tag to indicate that all relative paths referenced in the swf are to be set to this sub-directory will be added in 3 places.

FlashVars

To pass more or more Flash variables with values to the exported Flash movie through the Html, enter the variable assignments without ? at the beginning, e.g., x =1&y=2.

Javascript Approach for Embedding Swf

The AC_RunActiveContent.js approach seems to be more robust but it has the disadvantage that is it more than three times as long. We found that the swfobject.js approach can result in an improperly displayed swf in certain 3D animations. If the name of the swf file starts with a number and you use the swfobject.js approach, change the swf file name so it doesn't start with a number.