Using placeholders to embed swf files into sites created by Xtreme

[Egg Bramhill]

Okay from the outset let's be clear. I'm talking about websites created in Xtreme. In particular about using placeholders to embed swf files into these Xtreme generated html pages.

I'm not talking about embedding swf files created in Xtreme into html sites created by other applications (Dreamweaver etc).

There seems to be some confusion about the Flash placeholders so I'm hoping to throw some light on it. When creating a web page/site using Xtremes export as HTML option it's very simple to add Flash/swf content whether created in Xtreme/Flash/Swish etc.

All you need to do is create a rectangle on the page the same dimensions as the swf file it's going to hold. Give it no stroke & a colour close to your page background but different enough to see it during construction.

If your going to use this over several pages, I'd recommend copying this to the clipboard.

Now with the placeholder selected hit the Name Icon tag (Luggage Label) and in the name field type:

FLASH="myFlash1.swf"

were the swf name matches the swf file you wish to load into the placeholder.

Now one very important point. The swf file being called must reside within the sub-folder that Xtreme creates when it creates the web pages. If it doesn't the swf's won't show.

See below: