FSCommands are interactive commands, such as Go to URL, issued from inside the Flash
movie. The Netscape browser initializes Java when first called??”and if your Flash movie uses FSCommands
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or JavaScript, it uses Java to communicate with the Netscape Plugin interface, LiveConnect. Because not all
Flash movies need the LiveConnect connection, you can prevent Java from being initialized by entering the
swliveconnect attribute in the Parameters dialog box and setting its value to false. When the
swliveconnect=false parameter is found by the browser, the Java is not initialized as part of the loading
process??”and your movie loads more quickly.
Integrating Flash Elements
Flash has evolved into a truly multifaceted tool with the capability to convey graphics, video, streaming
sound, and data with equal ease. One major hurdle facing Flash use on the Web, however, is integration
with HTML. As you??™ve seen, it??™s fairly easy to drop a Flash movie into a page and have it play automatically.
But to really integrate it into your page, you want to control more aspects of how it looks and how it acts.
The traditional route to solving this dilemma is to craft each Flash movie for a particular layout??”a timeconsuming
and often expensive task.
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