Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER

Adding content to pages

Last updated 3/28/2012

Remove FLV detection code

For Dreamweaver CS4 and later, Dreamweaver inserts Flash Player detection code directly in the object tag that

contains the FLV file. For Dreamweaver CS3 and earlier, however, the detection code resides outside the FLV file’s

object tag. For this reason, if you want to delete FLV files from pages created with Dreamweaver CS3 and earlier, you

must remove the FLV files and use the Remove FLV detection command to remove the detection code.

❖ Select Commands > Remove Flash Video Detection.

Inserting SWF files

About FLA, SWF, and FLV file types

Before you use Dreamweaver to insert content created with Adobe Flash, you should be familiar with the following

different file types:

FLA file (.fla) The source file for any project and created in the Flash authoring tool. This type of file can only be opened

in Flash (not in Dreamweaver or in browsers). You can open the FLA file in Flash, then publish it as a SWF or SWT

file to use in browsers.

SWF file (.swf) A compiled version of the FLA (.fla) file, optimized for viewing on the web. This file can be played back

in browsers and previewed in Dreamweaver, but cannot be edited in Flash.

FLV file (.flv) A video file that contains encoded audio and video data for delivery through Flash® Player. For example,

if you had a QuickTime or Windows Media video file, you would use an encoder (such as Flash® Video Encoder, or

Sorensen Squeeze) to convert the video file to an FLV file. For more information, visit the Video Technology Center

www.adobe.com/go/flv_devcenter.