Re: FLASH: flash 2

[John Dowdell]

At 12:13 AM 6/14/0, paz wrote:

> Does anyone know where I can download a trial version

> of flash 2?


Sorry, it's been honorably retired, and is no longer sold.



> I know that i can save files in flash 4 as flash 2

> files but I need to find out what flash 2 can actually

> do. I'm creating a menu that needs to be functional in

> the real player 7 and under.


Actually, saving out as a SWF 2 file will tell you what you wish here...

all later features will be stripped out of the file, and so even playing it

back in the Flash 4 Player will show you what older files can do.


(For a menu in SWF 2, avoid scripting and variables of course, but also

avoid movie clips and transparency... simple "go to frame X" navigation can

help show different button states, and then regular "GetURL" actions are

fine.)



jd





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