RE: FLASH: Formatting external text

[Matt Wobensmith]

Hi JGL -


You wrote:


>Will this work with only the Flash player or does a site viewer need the

>other, bigger player when when a developer user these flash/generator

>techniques.


Generator is a server-side program; it can output customized Flash movies,

but also GIF, JPEG and QuickTime, as well. If you use Generator to output

Flash SWF files, the user still uses the Flash Player. 


More info is available on the MM site that discusses what Generator does; in

addition, you can read a little more about why people use Generator/Flash vs

Flash (alone) at:


http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/presalesfaq.htm


and


http://www.macromedia.com/support/generator/ts/documents/presalesfaq.htm


Matt


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Matt Wobensmith

Macromedia Tech Support

Flash Team Lead


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