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USING DREAMWEAVER

Working with other applications

Last updated 3/28/2012

Working with Flash and Dreamweaver

Edit a SWF file from Dreamweaver in Flash

If you have both Flash and Dreamweaver installed, you can select a SWF file in a Dreamweaver document and use

Flash to edit it. Flash does not edit the SWF file directly; it edits the source document (FLA file) and re-exports the

SWF file.

1 In Dreamweaver, open the Property inspector (Window > Properties).

2 In the Dreamweaver document, do one of the following:

• Click the SWF file placeholder to select it; then in the Property inspector click Edit.

• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the placeholder for the SWF file, and select Edit With Flash

from the context menu.

Dreamweaver switches the focus to Flash, and Flash attempts to locate the Flash authoring file (FLA) for the selected

SWF file. If Flash cannot locate the Flash authoring file, you are prompted to locate it.

Note: If the FLA file or SWF file is locked, check out the file in Dreamweaver.

3 In Flash, edit the FLA file. The Flash Document window indicates that you are modifying the file from within

Dreamweaver.

4 When you finish making edits, click Done.

Flash updates the FLA file, re-exports it as a SWF file, closes, and then returns the focus to the Dreamweaver document.

Note: To update the SWF file and keep Flash open, in Flash select File > Update for Dreamweaver.

5 To view the updated file in the document, click Play in the Dreamweaver Property inspector or press F12 to preview

your page in a browser window.

Working with Adobe Bridge and Dreamweaver

About Adobe Bridge

Dreamweaver provides seamless integration with Adobe Bridge, the cross-platform file browser included with

Adobe

Creative Suite 5 components. Adobe Bridge helps you locate, organize, and browse the assets you need to

create print, web, video, and mobile content. You can start Adobe

Bridge from any Creative Suitecomponent (except

Acrobat 9), and use it to access both Adobe and non-Adobe asset types.

From Adobe Bridge, you can:

• Preview, search, sort, and process files without opening individual Creative Suite applications. You can also edit

metadata for files and use Adobe

Bridge to place files into your documents, projects, or compositions.

• Import and edit photos from a digital camera card, group related photos into stacks, and open and edit Camera Raw

files without starting Photoshop.

• Perform automated tasks, such as batch commands.

• Synchronize color settings across color-managed Creative Suite components.