MACROMEDIA FLASH MX PROFESSIONAL 2004 - FLASH LITE 1.1... Instruction Manual

Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 Authoring Guidelines

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing the Flash MX Professional 2004 7.0.1 update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing the FlashLite1_1.dll (FlashLite1_1.dmg on the Mac) file . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing the FlashLite1_1.xml file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing the configuration file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Supported Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

CHAPTER 2: Optimizing Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Navigation and key events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Fonts and text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Device fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Alias text support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Alias Text button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Alias text rendered in Flash MX Professional 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Pixel fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

ActionScript and properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Network access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

SWF file size and memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Performance optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Bitmap graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Bitmap versus vector graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Vector graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Optimizing ActionScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Device speed and frames per second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Development checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

CHAPTER 3: Working with Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Audio formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Event sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Streaming sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Embedding sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Compound sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Adding a Sound Bundle File to a Flash document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

CHAPTER 4: ActionScript Enhancements for Flash Lite 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

New ActionScript functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

FSCommand() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

FSCommand2() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Platform capabilities and variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

_capCompoundSound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

_capEmail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

_capMMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

_capSMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

_capStreamSound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

$version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

_capMFi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

_capMIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

_capSMAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

_capLoadData . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

_cap4WayKeyAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

New ActionScript properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

scroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

maxscroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

CHAPTER 5: New FSCommand and FSCommand2 commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

General commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

URL Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Escape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Unescape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Input text fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

SetInputTextType(). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Controlling Flash playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Key configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Player operation commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Platform integration commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Vibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Network information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Device user settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Device and player identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

CHAPTER 6: Creating Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Flash Lite 1.1 publish settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Manually change settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Creating a publish profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Creating a simple movie for Flash Lite 1.1 (no sound). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Adding sound to your Flash Lite 1.1 application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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CHAPTER 7: Testing Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Testing considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using the optional configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

CHAPTER 8: Development Kit Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

CHAPTER 9: Resources and Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Let us know about your application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Web resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Discussion groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

APPENDIX A: Supported ActionScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

APPENDIX B: Supported ActionScript Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

APPENDIX C: Warning and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Flash authoring tool warning and error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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CHAPTER 1

Introduction

Macromedia Flash Lite Authoring Guidelines for covers tips, techniques, and sample code for

developing Macromedia Flash content for mobile phones using Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1.

Running Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 on mobile phones allows users to view and interact with a

wide range of Flash content, such as games, informational guides, and dynamically updated

applications.

In addition to the information described in this guide, the developer kit includes numerous

examples and sample code to help clarify some of the ideas and concepts presented.

Using Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1

Macromedia Flash Player is broadly distributed on a variety of platforms, from Windows,

Macintosh, and UNIX-based desktop computers, to mobile phones, PDAs, and set-top boxes.

The Macromedia Flash Player application is approximately 500 KB, depending on the CPU. This

and its runtime memory requirements make it too large for most mobile phones. Therefore,

Macromedia created a new version of Flash Player called Macromedia Flash Lite, designed for

consumer devices, including mobile phones. For a new generation of mobile phones, an updated

version has been created, Flash Lite 1.1.

Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 for the mobile phones lets Flash designers, developers, and content

providers quickly create engaging content for mobile phones using the ActionScript scripting

language, drawing tools, and templates.

Getting started

To create content for mobile phones, you must have the following items on your computer:

•The latest version of Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 (7.0.1)

•The new FlashLite1_1.dll (FlashLite1_1.dmg on the Mac) file for testing Flash applications in

the Flash Lite 1.1 authoring environment

•The new FlashLite1_1.xml file for publishing Flash Lite 1.1 SWF files

•The DevicesMsg.cfg configuration file for customizing the features that are supported in

Flash Lite 1.1.

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Installing the Flash MX Professional 2004 7.0.1 update

To export Flash Lite 1.1 contents for mobile phones correctly, you need to have the latest version

of Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 (7.0.1). You can download the updater program

from the Macromedia website: www.macromedia.com/support/flash/downloads.html.

Installing the FlashLite1_1.dll (FlashLite1_1.dmg on the Mac) file

The FlashLite1_1.dll (FlashLite1_1 on the Mac) file is part of the Flash Lite 1.1 Authoring

Updater. This DLL is to be used to test content when you select Test Movie to validate your

content. This new DLL is used when Flash Lite 1.1 is selected as the Flash version to publish to

(using the publish setting interface). Copy the appropriate file to the following location:

•Windows:

C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\language\Configuration\Players

•Mac OS X:

Macintosh HD::Applications:Macromedia Flash MX 2004:Configuration:Players

Installing the FlashLite1_1.xml file

To author content using the FSCommand and the new FSCommand2 ActionScript, copy the

FlashLite1_1.xml file, which is available in the Installs folder of the CDK, into the following

location:

•Windows:

C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\language\Configuration\Players

•Mac OS X:

Macintosh HD::Applications:Macromedia Flash MX 2004:Configuration:Players

Installing the configuration file

The Flash Lite 1.1 Test Movie command allows users to customize the features that are supported

in Flash Player. From the Flash Lite 1.1 Authoring Updater, copy the DeviceMsg.cfg

configuration file into the following location:

•Windows 2000/ WindowsXP:

C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Local Settings\Application Data\Macromedia\

Flash MX 2004\language\Configuration\

•Windows 98(SE):

C:\Windows\Profiles\user name\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\

language\Configuration\

•Macintosh:

Macintosh HD::Users:user name:Library:Application Support:Macromedia:Flash MX 2004:

language:Configuration:

Supported Devices 9

Supported Devices

For details about mobile phones that support Flash Lite functionality, see the Macromedia

Developer Center web site at www.macromedia.com/devnet/devices/.

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