Flash ”by itself ”is a remarkable web innovation. As a vector animation tool, it's second-to-none. And now, with Flash MX, the product is being positioned as a key element in developing rich Internet applications. However, as Macromedia is quick to acknowledge , HTML is far from dead. With their shared lineage and deep communication channels, Dreamweaver and Flash make a potent combination. In this chapter, you'll see how to make the most of the various Dreamweaver-to-Flash-and-back communication possibilities. First, we'll look at the Flash Objects and describe a technique for creating custom navigation elements. Flash 5 is required to customize or extend Flash Objects. Although Generator is no longer supported in Flash MX, a whole new avenue of Flash communication has opened up. In this chapter, you'll find three approaches: one that emulates Flash buttons on the client side; another that passes data ”either static or dynamically generated ”from a Dreamweaver coded page to a Flash movie; and a third that uses the new Flash Remoting feature, which allows Flash to send and receive more complex data structures. |