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Flash Lite Overview
Hello World Flash Lite
application (Flash Professional
Only)
In this section, you create a simple Flash Lite application and test it in the
Flash Lite emulator. The purpose of this tutorial is to acquaint you with
the mobile authoring and testing features in Flash Professional 8 as well as
the general workflow for creating Flash Lite content. For a more complete
sample application, see
Chapter 2, “Creating a Flash Lite Application
(Flash Professional Only),” on page 25
.
First, you need to decide which devices and Flash Lite content type you are
targeting. For the purposes of this tutorial, we’ll assume that you’re
developing content for the Flash Lite 1.1 stand-alone player on the Series
60 devices from Nokia. All of the supported Nokia Series 60 devices have
the same available Stage size (176 x 208 pixels), so in theory, the same
application (SWF file) will run on all of those devices.
To begin development, you first need to configure your Flash 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 (see
“Using Flash Lite
document templates (Flash Professional Only)” on page 16
) to create a
new document that’s preconfigured with the proper settings for your target
device and content type. The following procedures explain how to create
the same Hello World application in two ways: using a Flash Lite
document template, and from a blank document.
To configure and create a simple Flash Lite application from a
template:
1.
In Flash Professional 8, select File > New.
2.
In the New Document dialog box select the Templates tab.
3.
In the list of Categories, select the Global Phones category.
4.
In the list of templates, select the template named Flash Lite 1.1 -
Symbian Series 60.
5.
Click OK.
The new document is preconfigured with the proper Stage size, target
platform and device settings. You’re now ready to start creating
the application.
Summary of Contents for FLASH 8-GETTING STARTED WITH FLASH LITE
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