Macromedia flash 8-developing flash lite 2.x applications User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Contents

  3
• Introduction

  5
  • What’s new in Flash Lite authoring

    5
  • Guide to instructional media

    6
  • Additional resources

    6
  • Typographical conventions

    6
• Creating Interactivity and Navigation

  7
  • Keys supported by Flash Lite

    8
  • Using tab navigation in Flash Lite

    9
    • Modes of tab navigation

      9
    • About the focus rectangle

      11
    • Guidelines for using tab navigation

      12
  • Handling key events (Flash Professional Only)

    13
    • Writing a key handler script

      13
    • Creating a key catcher button (Flash Professional Only)

      14
    • Creating a simple menu using movie clips (Flash Professional Only)

      16
  • Handling button events (Flash Professional Only)

    20
    • Creating a simple menu using buttons and tab navigation (Flash Professional Only)

      22
  • Using the soft keys (Flash Professional Only)

    26
• Working with Text and Fonts

  31
  • About text in Flash Lite

    31
    • About font rendering methods in Flash Lite

      32
    • Text features in Flash Player not supported in Flash Lite 1.x

      32
    • Assigning a variable name to a text field

      32
  • Using input text fields

    34
    • Types of input text fields

      35
    • Restricting character input

      37
    • Input text fields and the focus rectangle

      37
  • Font rendering methods in Flash Lite

    38
  • Flash Lite rendering quality and anti-aliased text

    39
  • Embedding font outlines in SWF files

    40
  • Text field example application (Flash Professional Only)

    42
  • Creating scrolling text (Flash Professional Only)

    45
• Working with Sound

  49
  • About sound in Flash Lite

    49
    • Event and stream (synchronized) sound

      50
  • Using device sound (Flash Professional Only)

    50
    • Adding a device sound to a button (Flash Professional Only)

      51
    • Triggering device sounds in Flash Lite 1.0

      53
    • Using compound sound (Flash Professional Only)

      54
  • Using native Flash sounds

    56
• Optimizing content for performance and file size

  57
  • SWF file size and memory

    57
  • Performance optimization

    57
    • Animation guidelines

      58
    • Bitmap graphics

      58
      • Bitmap versus vector graphics

        59
      • Setting bitmap compression options

        59
    • Optimizing ActionScript

      61
  • Device speed and frames per second

    61
• Testing Flash Lite Content (Flash Professional Only)

  63
  • Overview of Flash Lite testing features (Flash Professional Only)

    63
  • Using the Flash Lite emulator (Flash Professional Only)

    66
    • Interacting with the emulator (Flash Professional Only)

      66
    • Changing test devices (Flash Professional Only)

      67
    • Setting emulator debug options (Flash Professional Only)

      69
    • Zooming and rotating the Flash Lite emulator (Flash Professional Only)

      70
    • About screen size and available Stage size (Flash Professional Only)

      72
    • Testing features not supported in the Flash Lite test window (Flash Professional Only)

      72
    • Flash Lite features not supported by the emulator (Flash Professional Only)

      73
  • Flash Lite error and warning messages (Flash Professional Only)

    74
  • Selecting test devices and Flash Lite content type (Flash Professional Only)

    76
  • Flash Lite content types (Flash Professional Only)

    78
  • Determining platform capabilities (Flash Professional Only)

    81
• Warning and Error Messages (Flash Professional Only)

  85
  • Flash Lite emulator error and information messages (Flash Professional Only)

    85
• Index

  93