Chapter 22: Integrating Flash Content with Web Pages

Overview

In This Chapter

Defining HTML tags and attributes for the Flash Player

Detecting the Flash Player plug-in or ActiveX control

Sending commands with the new ExternalInterface API to JavaScript

If you're not one for automated HTML production using templates, this chapter is for you. In this chapter, we teach you the ins and outs of the <object> and <embed> tags, as well as some tips on how to check for the Flash Player with Flash 8's updated detection features. At the end of this chapter, we examine how Flash movies can interact with JavaScript and DHTML (Dynamic HTML) by using the new ExternalInterface actions from Flash.