FLASH: Re:Dreamweaver Integration - question/problem

[Jefferis Peterson]

Hi JD, 


This DW extension is also freezing other Mac users, requiring force

quits, as I read on the Extension threads :

MX100630_mmJIK.mxp 


>> FYI:  I tried installing the new Flash 5 resources into MAC DW 3

>> and DW became totally unusuable.

>

>This is more a Dreamweaver issue, if anything. I'm not sure how it's not

>unusable and so can't usefully advise, sorry. For "Does it work for other

>people?" then yup.

>

Just causes DW to lock up. 


>> I CHECKED for MM tutorials and couldn't find anything in

>> the Technotes through a search.

>

>I'm not sure what you're searching for, but if it's "Do all the browsers

>tell JavaScript what they can do?" then sorry, no... there are many

>browsers and they each have their own edge cases.


I am trying to understand the difference between the Publish detect

options and the DW3 embed/object control options  so that when I put a

flash banner, e.g, into a pre-existing html document, I don't duplicate

or lose the functionality of the detection methods of publish.



>For "What's the strongest detection you've seen?" then the new Flash

>Deployment Kit is good, because it handles all JavaScript cases and also

>includes my old "make the plugin jump" technique with a dummy SWF... it's

>all packaged up on the site.


  Is this the one in Flash 5 or the extension I mentioned above as

incompatible with Macs? 


>If I were designing a banner for a mass audience, though, then I'd probably

>just publish a SWF4 file and scratch any lengthy detection routines... any

>site that permits rich ads would likely have a demographic that matches net

>norms.


Right... what I want to use is the simplest detect, ignoring IE Mac

issues and just publishing an alternative .gif banner in place of the

flash.  I am wondering if the DW3 alternate does this.


The DW control allows you to Embed and Object, Object Only, and Embed Only.


IF you choose OBJECT ONLY you can use and alternate GIF, but I don't know

if that alternate is used if a detection fails or if it just uses the alt

 if the browser chooses low resolution or something.


With Embed and Object or Embed only, you  cannot chose an alternate. 


These options vs. the banner options in Flash are what I'm trying to

understand.


Thanks


Jeff



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