Re: FLASH: Import Gif files or even Html files at runtime !

[John Dowdell]

At 2:50 AM 7/6/0, Sebastien PASTOR wrote:

> I want to import Gif or Html files at runtime ; i tryed GetUrl

> but i cannot make the file to be open in my Flash animation.


That's true. The small Flash Player does not include a full-fledged HTML

renderer. That's one reason it can be so much smaller than a web browser.


The Macromedia Flash Player can reference other SWFs at runtime, but it

doesn't contain import filters for various formats like GIFs or JPGs or

such. That's another reason it can be tiny and portable.


Part of the size of the Shockwave Player is that it can digest a variety of

media types at runtime. It also includes an HTML representation for its

#text media types.


For full-fledged HTML rendering, however, that's definitely a browser...

otherwise you might have a plugin that includes a page that includes a

plugin that includes a page that... well, you get the picture.... ;-)


jd




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