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Table of Contents

    1. Introduction
    2. Developing Content
    3. Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC 2003
    4. Standalone Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC 2003
    5. Distributing Content
    6. More Information

Creating Full-Screen Flash Applications with Standalone Flash Player for Pocket PC

Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC

What Is It?

Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC 2003 lets Flash designers, developers, and content providers reach the next level of content delivery for mobile devices. With Flash, designers and developers can quickly create engaging content and effective user interfaces using advanced ActionScript, components, and templates.

Benefits

Web professionals using Flash can develop content once and reuse it many times across multiple browsers, platforms, mobile and smart devices. Flash offers scripting capabilities and server-side connectivity for creating applications, displaying real-time information, building web interfaces, and authoring training courses. In addition, Flash files are compact, making them perfect for wireless carrier networks where transfer rates range between 9.6 and 130 kilobytes per second (Kbps). Mobile devices, unlike desktop computers, have limited storage capabilities, so the small footprint of Macromedia Flash is ideal.

Supported Devices

Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC supports all Microsoft Pocket PC 2002/2003 and Pocket PC 2002/2003 Phone Edition devices. For a complete list of available devices, refer to the More Information section at the end of this article.

Installing Flash Player 6

Installing Flash Player 6 onto your Pocket PC is pretty simple:

  1. Download Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC from the Macromedia website.
  2. Make sure you have the latest version of Microsoft ActiveSync installed.
  3. Double-click the Flash Player EXE file you downloaded and follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. The next time you synchronize your Pocket PC with your computer, ActiveSync will copy Flash Player to your Pocket PC.
  5. To verify the Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC installation, go to Start > Settings > System tab > Remove Programs. You should see "Macromedia Flash Player ActiveX" listed. Click OK in the upper left of the screen to close this window.

Once you have installed Flash Player installed, you can view SWF files that are embedded in HTML files in Pocket Internet Explorer.

Developer Kit

To get started creating Flash content for Pocket PCs, download the Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC Content Developer Kit (CDK). This kit has tips, techniques, and sample code for developing Flash content for the Pocket PC (PPC) platform using Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC.

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