Flash 5 / Flash MX / !!!

I have searched the forums, and have found others with similar problems, but no concrete solution. My problem, is I would like to use buttons made in Flash MX in Dreamweaver MX. If I understand correctly, this would be an easy task done in Flash 5, however there is no 'generator' program for Flash MX. Is there a way to bypass this by chance, or is there a place to get a trial download of Flash 5.

I've been trying to put the .swf files in the flash button folder in Dreamweaver, however that has proven to be a futile approach.

Thank you

Have you tried just inserting them as a regular Flash object?

-- Mike

"Visceraman1" webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com wrote:

I have searched the forums, and have found others with similar
problems, but no concrete solution. My problem, is I would like to
use buttons made in Flash MX in Dreamweaver MX. If I understand
correctly, this would be an easy task done in Flash 5, however there
is no 'generator' program for Flash MX. Is there a way to bypass this
by chance, or is there a place to get a trial download of Flash 5.

I've been trying to put the .swf files in the flash button folder in
Dreamweaver, however that has proven to be a futile approach.

Thank you

I don't know if I can help, but I'll try!

You can directly insert premade Flash buttons by going to the media tab on the insert bar and then choosing the second icon.....

Are you wanting to modify the actual button objects themselves?

1. In the Document window, click the Flash button object to select it.

2. Open the Property inspector, if it is not already open.
The Property inspector displays the Flash button properties. You can use the Property inspector to modify the button?s HTML attributes, such as width, height, and Bg color.

3. To make changes to content, display the Insert Flash Button dialog box using one of the following methods:
* Double-click the Flash button object.
* Click Edit in the Property inspector.
* Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) and choose Edit from the context menu.

4. In the Insert Flash Button dialog box, make your edits in the fields described in Inserting a Flash button object.

In the Design view, you can resize the object easily by using the resizing handles. You can return the object to its original size by selecting Reset Size on the Property inspector (see Resizing an image).

That info is straight from the Using DW help files under Flash button object/modifying. I may have totally misunderstood what you're asking though...... )

HTH,

Sherill

Mike--

I can insert Flash Object with no problem, but then I have no control over where the button links to (main_Frame). In Flash, I've tried putting the

on(press) {
get url"http://""main_Frame"
}

script on the button hoping that it would work if imported as a flash object, but this as well doesn't work. I've been scouring the Flash forum as well to see what if anything I can find on this, much stating the above script, which doesn't seem to work in this case, and references to the demise of the generator program.