What is Smartclips and how do they help in using FMProjector?

Smartclips are reusable movieclip library that can be installed in the Macromedia Flash5 authoring environment to help you utilize FMProjector's power much more easily.

Using Smartclips, you don't need to go to detail about fscommands. Just drag and drop the Smartclip into your work area. Visually adjust and resize the object rectangle, which represent the size and position of the object. Set up the related attributes through the Clip Parameters Window. Access and control the wrapped object using the methods it provides.

We've bundled FMProjector 1.5 with LoadVideo, OpenAxObj, OpenPdf, and WindowSetting Smartclips to help designers use FMProjector more easily. They greatly reduce the time and effort in coding and debugging fscommands.

What tools do you need for using Smartclip?

1. Macromedia Extension Manager (download here)
2. Macromedia Flash 5
3. FMProjector 1.5 (download here)

Download and install Smartclips to Flash

1. Click here to download Smartclips files.
2. Extract the above .zip file to .mxp file.
3. Double click on the .mxp file and follow the screen instruction to install the Smartclips to your Flash authoring environment.
4. In Macromedia Flash, click on the menu Window>Common Libraries>Flashants_FMProjectors to open the FLashants Smartclips set.
5. You can see 5 Smartclips included in the Flashants_FMProjectors library.

Create example using LoadVideo Smartclip

1. Launch Flash authoring environment and create a new project.
2. Open the Flashants Smartclip Library by clicking "Window > Common Libraries > Flashants_FMProjector" in the program menu.
3. Drag and drop the LoadVideo Smartclip into your project work area. The green rectangle in the work area shows the size and position of your video rectangle. You may adjust and rescale the the video rectangle as your wish.
4. Right-button-click on the video rectangle to open the mouse menu. Then select "Panels > Clip Parameters" to open the parameter window.
5. Set the parameters with values as:
• fileName: (The file name or URL to your video)
• bAutoSize: FALSE
• sDisplaySize: DefaultSize
• bVideoOnTop: TRUE
6. We are done with the Flash authoring. Now export your work as .swf file in flash authoring enviroment.
7. Launch FMProjector and use File->Open to load and preview your .swf file into FMProjector (You should see the video playing in few seconds)
8. Use File->CreateProjector to create a standalone application.
   

What's next

• Go to the Smartclip samples ex9 / ex10 to learn more advance technique on using Smartclips.
• Don't forget to download sample1 - 8 which explain how fscommands work in detail.