What is SWFObject HTML Code Generator?

This section describes what is SWFObject Generator - An user interface that you to generator HTML code for the embedSWF() function call.

Obviously, SWFObject has replaced the complex HTML code using "object" elements to embed Flash applications in Web pages with a single JavaScript function embedSWF(). But if you want to call this function with Flash parameters, you still need to know how to write JavaScript code to set those parameters.

To you out, the SWFObject project has provided a publishing tool called SWFObject Generator, which allows you to generator HTML code for the embedSWF() function call on a simple user interface.

If you are interested, follow these steps to download SWFObject Generator:

1. Go to swfobject home page at: http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/.

2. Click the Downloads tab.

3. Click and download swfobject_generator_1_2_html.zip.

4. Unzip the downloaded file, swfobject_generator_1_2_html.zip, you see a single file called: index.html.

5. Open index.html in Firefox, you see SWFObject Generator user interface displayed as Web page:

SWFObject HTML Code Generator
SWFObject HTML Code Generator

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of Adobe Flash

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Firefox

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Chrome

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Safari

 Adobe Flash Player ActiveX for IE

 Using "object" Elements for Flash Files

 Using "embed" Elements for Flash Files

 "mp3player" - MP3 Music Player

SWFObject - Hidding "object" behind JavaScript

 What Is SWFObject?

 Calling swfobject.embedSWF() Function

 embedSWF() Function and Arguments

 Calling embedSWF() with "flashvars"

What is SWFObject HTML Code Generator?

 Generating SWFObject HTML Code

 Flash Player Projector

 SWFTools - SWF File Manipulation Tools

 SWFC Script to Generate Flash SWF Files

 ActionScript Embedded in SWFC Script

 AS3Compile - ActionScript 3 Compiler

 Adobe Flex SDK 4

 SWF File Structure and Tags

 SWF File Processing Rules

 SWF Files for Video and Audio Streams

 Outdated Tutorials

 References

 Full Version in PDF/EPUB