User Guide

64 Chapter 3: User Interfaces for Extensions

A simple Flash dialog box example

In this example, you use Dreamweaver to create a new command that displays a SWF file called

myFlash.swf when the user clicks the command in the Commands menu. For specific

information about creating commands before trying this example, see the information about

commands in Extending Dreamweaver.

Note: This example assumes you already have a SWF file called myFlash.swf in the Configuration/

Commands folder of your Dreamweaver application installation folder. To test this with your own

SWF file, save the SWF file to the application Commands folder, and substitute your filename in all

instances of myFlash.swf.

In Dreamweaver, open a new basic HTML file (this will be your Command definition file).

Between the opening and closing

title tags, enter My Flash Movie so the head of your page

reads as follows:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>

<head>

<title>My Flash Movie</title>

</head>

Now, save the file as My Flash Movie.htm in the application Configuration/Commands folder

(but do not close the file yet). You save the file at this point so you can embed your Flash content

with a relative path, otherwise Dreamweaver will try to use an absolute path.

Back in the HTML document, between the opening and closing

body tags, add an opening and

closing

form tag. Then, within the form tags, use the Insert > Media > Flash menu option to add

your Flash content to the Command definition file. When prompted, select the SWF file in the

Commands folder, and click OK. Your Command definition file should now look like the

following example (of course, the

width and height attributes might differ, depending on your

SWF file properties):

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>

<head>

<title>My Flash Movie</title>

</head>

<body>

<form>

download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/

swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="200" height="100">

www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"

width="200" height="100"></embed>

</object>

</form>

</body>

</html>