Control Shockwave or Flash

Use the Control Shockwave or Flash action to play, stop, rewind, or go to a frame in a Shockwave or Flash movie.

To use the Control Shockwave or Flash action:

1 Choose Insert > Media > Shockwave or Insert > Media > Flash to insert a Shockwave or Flash movie, respectively.
2 Choose Window > Properties and enter a name for the movie in the leftmost text field. You must name the movie to attach the Control Shockwave or Flash action.
3 With the movie still selected in the Document window, open the Behavior inspector.
4 Click the plus (+) button and choose Control Shockwave or Flash from the Actions pop-up menu.
5 Choose a movie from the Shockwave Object pop-up menu.
Dreamweaver automatically lists all files ending in .dcr, .dir, .swf, or .spl that are in OBJECT or EMBED tags in the current document.
6 Choose to play, stop, rewind, or go to a frame in the movie. The Play option plays the movie from the current frame.
7 Click OK.
8 Check that the default event is the one you want.
If it isn't, choose another event from the pop-up menu. If the events you want are not listed, change the target browser in the Events For pop-up menu.