Derek Stottlemyer has produced a number of guitar- and music-related software titles using Authorware, Flash, and Central. He also develops training and Web applications for the automotive, health, and financial industries.
In this article I show you some of the tricks I've learned over the years and
give you some ideas for how to better combine Flash and AuthorWare in your
work. I start with the basics and move to the more cpmplex, and I cover some
optimization techniques for speeding up flash playback. You can find sample
FLA and AW files at www.sys-con.com/mx/sourcec.cfm.
XTRA or ActiveX
There are two ways to embed Flash movies in Authorware, the Flash Asset XTRA
and the Flash ActiveX Control. The XTRA is shipped with Authorware and does
not require anything on the user's computer, while ActiveX is part of the
Flash Player on Windows (see Table 1).
For XTRA, Authorware version 6.0 supports Flash 5, while Authorware 6.5 and
7.0 support Flash MX. Flash MX 2004 is not currently supported as an XTRA and
would require use of ActiveX.
Regarding ActiveX, nearly everyone on Windows has a ver... (more)
Derek Stottlemyer has produced a number of guitar- and music-related software titles using Authorware, Flash, and Central. He also develops training and Web applications for the automotive, health, and financial industries.
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