[thelist] Flash and XML feeds

John Snavely snavely at amnh.org
Thu Feb 28 13:45:01 CST 2002


>>>Grab "A stand-alone file that reads headlines from slashdot.org"
>>>http://www.figleaf.com/development/flash5/
>>
>>That example was great!
>>I can get it to work just fine on a PC but for some odd reason the
>>file doesn't work on my mac-g4.
>>Am I missing something? I'm using the Flash 5 and the latest updates
>>on both machines.
>
>Hmm ... are you talking about the .swf not working on the Mac? You
>have to have the stand-alone Flash player to view Flash 5 - this is
>only installed with the authoring environment. Drop the SWF on your
>web browser or open the published HTML in a browser (choose your
>publishing formats under File > Publish settings > Formats.
>--
>
>__________________________________________
>- Erik Mattheis
>

The file is a .fla file. Which I load into the authoring enviornment,
the publishing preview doesn't work. And I can't get the prublished
.swf to play in either the authoring enviornment, a stand alone
player, or explorer.

~John




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