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DREAMWEAVER API REFERENCE

Flash integration

Last updated 8/27/2013

"file:///MyMac/test.swt" // template file used to create this .swf file

"dwType" // first parameter
"myType" // first parameter value
"text" // second parameter
"Hello World" // second parameter value

Flash panels and dialogs functions

The following APIs enable you to add SWF files in panels and dialogs.

dreamweaver.flash.newControl()

Availability
Dreamweaver CS4.

Description
This function enables you to create a Flash control. It is referred to later through the

controlID

parameter. The

control displays the Flash file (.swf) specified by the SWF path. The control is positioned and has the size specified in
the

defaultGeometry

parameter.

Note: Dreamweaver displays the Flash controls when you call

flash.requestStateChange

. Dreamweaver displays the

Dialog controls when you call

newControl

; you need not call

flash.requestStateChange

.

Arguments

controlID

,

controlType

,

controlData

The

controlID

argument is a string value.

The

controlType

argument specifies whether the panel is a standard extension ("standard"), a trusted standard

extension ("trusted"), or a plus extension (any other value). If it is a plus extension, the value is an identifier known
specially to the host application that indicates the type of custom integration required. If the application does not
understand the custom integration type, it returns an error.

The

controlData

is an object. Some of the following are the key properties of this argument: