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Introduction

This manual provides an introduction to Macromedia® Flash® Lite™ 1.x 
from Adobe and describes how to test your content using the Adobe® 
Device Central CS3 emulator, which is part of Adobe® Flash® CS3 
Professional. The primary difference between using Flash Lite in Flash CS3 
and in previous versions of Flash is that the Flash Lite emulator is now part 
of Device Central. See the Device Central documentation for more 
information.

What’s new in Flash Lite 
authoring

Flash includes the following new features to help developers create Flash 
Lite applications: 

Adobe® Device Central emulator

  Adobe Device Central includes an 

emulator that lets you preview your content as it will function on an actual 
device. The emulator can configure itself to mimic the features available on 
any supported device. The emulator also provides debugging information 
that alerts you to potential problems and incompatibilities on the target 
device.

Device Settings 

Adobe Device Central lets you select your test devices 

and Flash Lite content type. When you test your content in the Device 
Central emulator, you can choose the test device you want the emulator to 
mimic.

Device document templates

  Adobe Flash CS3 Professional includes 

document templates to let you quickly start creating content for specific 
devices and content types.

Summary of Contents for FLASH LITE 1.x

Page 1: ...GETTING STARTED WITH FLASH LITE 1 x...

Page 2: ...ms Incorporated is not responsible for the content on any linked site If you access a third party website mentioned in this guide then you do so at your own risk Adobe Systems Incorporated provides th...

Page 3: ...appropriate the provisions of Executive Order 11246 as amended Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 38 USC 4212 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 197...

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Page 5: ...Flash Lite 1 x availability 12 About Flash Lite content types 13 Workflow for authoring Flash Lite applications 14 Flash Lite authoring features 15 Using Flash Lite document templates 16 Hello World...

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Page 7: ...ations Adobe Device Central emulator Adobe Device Central includes an emulator that lets you preview your content as it will function on an actual device The emulator can configure itself to mimic the...

Page 8: ...reating Flash Lite content and includes instructions for testing your applications in Adobe Device Central Flash Lite 1 x ActionScript Language Reference describes all the ActionScript language featur...

Page 9: ...ces in the Flash Lite developer community see the Adobe Flash Lite Support Center at www adobe com go support_flashlite Typographical conventions The following typographical conventions are used in th...

Page 10: ...10 Introduction...

Page 11: ...ss market mobile devices There are currently two versions of Flash Lite 1 Flash Lite 1 0 and Flash Lite 1 1 collectively known as Flash Lite 1 x Flash Lite 1 x consists of the following features The c...

Page 12: ...ting connectivity and HTTP request status information Device and platform integration Flash Lite provides access to several system features and commands such as the ability to initiate phone calls and...

Page 13: ...n are available globally As of this writing these devices are available primarily in Japan and come with Flash Lite pre installed On these devices Flash Lite enables several different types of content...

Page 14: ...fferent screen color depths among other factors These factors may influence your application s design or implementation In addition different devices support different Flash Lite content types such as...

Page 15: ...file format in Using Flash Adobe Device Central lets you test your content as it will run and appear on an actual device It also lets you select a different test device view information about your ap...

Page 16: ...Lite document templates on page 16 Using Flash Lite document templates Flash includes several templates that provide starting points for creating Flash Lite content for various devices and content ty...

Page 17: ...for creating content for devices available in the Japanese market For more information about Flash Lite availability in global and regional markets see Flash Lite 1 x availability on page 12 To create...

Page 18: ...ash document s publish settings document settings and device settings for the target device and content type You can do this manually using a new blank document or you can use a Flash Lite template se...

Page 19: ...Device Central emulator Note During testing in Device Central you can change the device and content type to see your application on a different platform To do this double click a device in the Availa...

Page 20: ...e player is available globally for the following platforms and devices Series 60 platform Nokia 3600 3620 3650 3660 6260 6600 6620 6630 6670 6680 6681 7610 N Gage N Gage QD Sendo X Siemens SX1 UIQ pla...

Page 21: ...ntains the following topics Caf application overview 21 Viewing the completed application 22 Creating the application 23 Caf application overview The caf application s initial screen contains some int...

Page 22: ...irm that they would like to make the call Viewing the completed application A completed version of the caf application is installed with Flash You can view the completed application in Device Central...

Page 23: ...create the cafe application The tutorial is divided into three parts Selecting your test devices and content types In this section you ll configure your Flash document s publish settings document sett...

Page 24: ...o that the user can make reservations The menu consists of two standard Flash buttons that define up over and down states The user gives focus to one of the buttons by pressing the Up or Down Arrow ke...

Page 25: ...button You ll create the content for that frame in the next section see Creating the specials screen on page 27 7 On the Stage select the Reservations button and open the Actions panel again 8 In the...

Page 26: ...to use Sets the player s rendering quality to high By default Flash Lite renders graphical content at medium quality Forces the player to display the application full screen 11 To test your work so f...

Page 27: ...n the first part you ll create the animation that transitions between images of each special In the second part you ll add user interface elements and ActionScript to let the user navigate between the...

Page 28: ...e clip upward so that a different image is visible The last image in the movie clip is a duplicate of the first one so that the animation sequence can return to its initial state after the user has vi...

Page 29: ...image shows 6 In the Timeline select the keyframe on Frame 20 7 On the Stage select the images movie clip and set its y coordinate to 100 in the Property inspector This moves the movie clip upward on...

Page 30: ...e the rectangle covers the entire image area double click the rectangle to select it and then use the Property inspector to set its x and y coordinates both to 0 its width to 176 and its height to 100...

Page 31: ...section you ll add interactivity to the specials screen that lets the user control the transition between each animation You ll also add dynamic text fields that display the name and description of e...

Page 32: ...the first one to display a short description of the specials being viewed by the user 6 Using the Selection tool resize the text field so that it s about three times as tall as the other text field 7...

Page 33: ...11 On the Actions layer select the keyframe on Frame 30 and enter the following code in the Actions panel title Seared Salmon description Filet of wild salmon with caramelized onions new potatoes and...

Page 34: ...tage 3 In the Property inspector set the Home graphic s x coordinate to 0 and its y coordinate to 188 4 Drag the symbol named Next from the Library to the lower right corner of the Stage 5 In the Prop...

Page 35: ...te 1 x Applications 8 Select the key catcher button and in the Actions panel enter the following code Handle right soft key event Next button on keyPress PageDown play Handle left soft key event Home...

Page 36: ...36 Creating a Flash Lite Application...

Page 37: ...plates about 16 global phones 16 Japanese phones 16 using 16 dynamic text fields 31 F Flash Lite authoring features in Flash 15 authoring overview 14 availability 12 content types 13 stand alone playe...

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