Adobe Dreamweaver API Reference CS5 - Manual (Page 46)

41 DREAMWEAVER API REFERENCE
Flash integration
Last updated 8/27/2013
Returns
An array that contains two elements that represent the width and the height of an uncompressed SWF file or a
null
value if the file is not an uncompressed SWF file.
SWFFile.getObjectType()
Description
This function returns the Flash object type; the value that passed in the
dwType parameter when the
SWFFile.createFile() function created the file.
Arguments
fileName
• The fileName argument, which is expressed as a file:// URL, is a path to a Flash Object file. This file is usually a SWF file.
Returns
A string that represents the object type, or
null if the file is not a Flash Object file or if the file cannot be found.
Example
The following code checks to see if the test.swf file is a Flash object of type
myType :
if ( SWFFile.getObjectType("file:///MyMac/test.swf") == "myType" ){
alert ("This is a myType object.");
}else{
alert ("This is not a myType object.");
}
SWFFile.readFile()
Description
This function reads a Flash Object file.
Arguments
fileName
• The fileName argument, which is expressed as a file:// URL, is a path to a Flash Object file.
Returns
An array of strings where the first array element is the full path to the template SWT file. The following strings
represent the parameters (name/value pairs) for the object. Each name is followed in the array by its value. The first
name/value pair is
"dwType" , followed by its value. The function returns a null value if the file cannot be found or if
it is not a Flash Object file.
Example
Calling
var params = SWFFile.readFile("file:///MyMac/test.swf") returns the following values in the
parameters array: