Wiley Flash CS4 All-in-One For Dummies 978-0-470-38539-5 ユーザーズマニュアル
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Chapter 1: Testing and Debugging
a Flash Project
a Flash Project
In This Chapter
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Testing a movie
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Previewing a movie
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Debugging a movie
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fter you slave and toil to create a compelling Flash movie, you have
to make sure that it works as expected. Otherwise, you’ll end up with
to make sure that it works as expected. Otherwise, you’ll end up with
copious amounts of egg on your face. And, if you created the Flash proj-
ect for a client, after the client wipes the egg off his face, you’ll get a nasty
phone call — hopefully, not from that person’s lawyer. So, no matter how
large or small your project, you need to test and retest your project
to make sure that it performs as planned.
ect for a client, after the client wipes the egg off his face, you’ll get a nasty
phone call — hopefully, not from that person’s lawyer. So, no matter how
large or small your project, you need to test and retest your project
to make sure that it performs as planned.
Testing a Movie
When you’re creating a Flash project, you should
test the project after you make a major change.
When you test often, you can detect a mistake or
an inconsistency right after you create a new ani-
mation or create a new ActionScript rather than
after you do a couple of hundred other things
to the document and have no idea how to track
down the rotten smell in the state of Denmark.
test the project after you make a major change.
When you test often, you can detect a mistake or
an inconsistency right after you create a new ani-
mation or create a new ActionScript rather than
after you do a couple of hundred other things
to the document and have no idea how to track
down the rotten smell in the state of Denmark.
You can perform quite a few tests in Flash authoring
mode. This option is handy when you don’t want to wait
for Flash to publish the document as an SWF file and play
it in another window. You can test a movie in authoring mode by
choosing one of these methods:
mode. This option is handy when you don’t want to wait
for Flash to publish the document as an SWF file and play
it in another window. You can test a movie in authoring mode by
choosing one of these methods:
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Drag the playhead to scrub the Timeline. This option comes in handy
when you want to check a few frames of animation or preview the
manner in which a sound is synchronized to the Timeline.
when you want to check a few frames of animation or preview the
manner in which a sound is synchronized to the Timeline.
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