Re: FLASH: F4: Importing HTML -> FLA

[Matt Spiegler]

What I was really hoping for was some kind of "converter", that would take the

HTML doc and convert into SWF format, replacing text with textboxes, putting

all elements onto their own layers, etc. I know it's alot to hope for but a

boy can dream :)


John Dowdell wrote:


> At 6:52 AM 10/3/0, Matt Spiegler wrote:

> > Is it possible to import an HTML document directly into Flash 4?

> > I'm trying to convert a bunch of HTML docs in to frames of an FLA,

> > and if it as all possible for me to not have to rebuild each and

> > every page in Flash, it would make my day... I tried just using

> > import and got error messages....

>

> Sorry, but those error messages were correct... if the tiny Macromedia

> Flash Player could render the range of HTML that browsers could, then it

> would be more like "the browser-sized Macromedia Flash Player" than "the

> tiny Macromedia Flash Player".  ;-)

>

> A textfield can now accept simple HTML styling tags... bold, italic, FONT,

> anchors, that type of material. A textfield can't magically display TABLEs

> now though, much less IMGs, FORMs, or other EMBED content... it's still

> just text, now with style tags.

>

> (Aside: If something was designed for one medium, such as HTML in browsers,

> then it can often be more effective to re-examine the basic message when

> moving it to a new medium. Any type of translation utility can help, by

> giving you some type of bedrock to start from, but if going from print to

> video or SWF or markup or PDA or other delivery channel, then sometimes

> going back to the core message and re-expressing it in the new medium may

> end up being the fastest path. Your mileage may very, though, definitely.)

>

> jd

>

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