Macromedia On Demand Seminars
Macromedia On Demand seminars feature streaming multimedia presentations and demos designed to help you maximize your evaluation experience with our products. The On Demand seminar library is always available, so you can access these resources at your convenience.
Video Tip Archive
The video tips below pertain to previous versions Macromedia products. Fro the most current video tips, see the up-to-date On Demand seminars.To play the tip movies, please be sure you have the free QuickTime player installed.
Java Management Extensions in JRun 4
Extend your kernel's serviceAdaptor and inherit lifecycle events. This week, we'll write a custom JMX service that monitors your server and sends you e-mails when it starts up or shuts down. You might be taking on the Matterhorn in Switzerland, but if you have a mobile e-mail device, you'll still be able to panic remotely.
Java XDoclet Integration with JRun
Check out the benefits of the JRun 4 integration with XDoclet and simplify the development of your EJBs, web applications, and JSP tag libraries.
Macromedia Flash Remoting with JRun
Get started with Flash Remoting using JRun 4. Seamlessly integrate high-impact Macromedia Flash user interfaces with your J2EE apps. Connect simply, quickly, and securely to EJBs, Java classes—even JMX MBeans deployed in JRun 4.
Getting Started with Macromedia Flash Remoting
Make your SWF files smaller and more dynamic. Learn to use Macromedia Flash Remoting to connect your rich web application interfaces to data on your server.
Loading Images Dynamically in Macromedia Flash MX
Find out how to preserve your precious bandwidth. This week Golum reveals the deep, dark mysteries of loading JPG images dynamically—to keep those SWF files as microscopic as his brain ...
Getting Started with Dynamic Pages in Dreamweaver MX
In this fourth (and last) movie in a series, you'll see how easy it is to get started using Dreamweaver MX and ColdFusion MX to build your first dynamic page.
Enhanced Code Editor for Dreamweaver MX
Check out the remodeled code editor in Dreamweaver MX. This week's movie (#3 in a series of 4) shows you some of the productivity enhancements Dreamweaver MX has inherited from HomeSite.
Nesting Templates in Dreamweaver MX
This tip will make everyone on your team sigh with relief. Use the new Snippets library, editable regions and nested templates to make consistent new pages every time.
Site Definition in Dreamweaver MX
Broken links? Site pages strewn from Timbuktu to Ogallala? Learn the easy way to set up your sites using the Dreamweaver MX Site Definition feature, and say hello to easy site organization.
Creating a Mail Form with CFMAIL
Talk about control—with the CFMAIL command in Dreamweaver MX, forms are as customizeable as you want them to be. Even the acknowledged page can be controlled with this command.
Add a Video Controller for Macromedia Flash MX
Now that you've got video, let your users control it. This built-in timeline controller is perfect for your Macromedia Flash MX projects that contain video clips.
Dynamic Lists in Dreamweaver MX
Updating navigation lists a pain? Build list menus dynamically using the all-new Dreamweaver MX.
"Squeeze" Your Video for Macromedia Flash MX
Tired of those postage stamp sized movies that hog all your bandwidth? Squeeze the bits right out of them with this new utility from Sorenson, and make your video bigger, brighter, and smooth.
Templates for Dreamweaver
Don't trust your great web designs to memory. Give your design inspirations a solid, reusable framework with Dreamweaver’s super-powerful Template feature.
Building Jump Menus in Dreamweaver
There's so much information to share and so little room on a page. A jump menu may be the answer. Fast and easy to build, learn the details of using this form object.
Connecting your Macromedia Flash MX Forms to ColdFusion
Last week, you learned how to build the form. Now, learn how to get it to work with a database. Great for beginners who need to know how to get ColdFusion talk with a Macromedia Flash file.
Skinning Components in Macromedia Flash MX
Take the next step and customize your components. Watch movie #2 in a three-part series on getting your Macromedia Flash MX forms talking to your database.
Building Better Forms with Flash MX
Are you tired of looking at the same old HTML forms? Jump into Flash MX forms with George Jardine, and watch while he creates a better form using Flash MX. This week's movie is the first of a three-part series, which takes you from building your form, all the way through to connecting it to a database using ColdFusion. Keep watching.
Trapping Errors with CFTRY and CFCATCH in ColdFusion
Do you have a temperamental database? Trap those errors before your users see them by learning this easy trick. Sean Schnoor leads us through the basic setup of these two essential Cold Fusion tags.
Cascading Style Sheets in Dreamweaver
They're not too complicated, and George Jardine's just the man to prove it. Follow along as he shows you just how easy CSS can be.
Using the FreeHand Graphic Hose
Create a random pattern of graphics the easy way with the FreeHand Graphic Hose. Just define a few graphic symbols and spray away.
Building A Better Search Page with ColdFusion Studio
Have you ever needed to build a dynamic query to make your search pages more flexible? If so, this week’s tip is for you. Let George Jardine show you the way to a better search page step-by-step, using ColdFusion Studio.
A Better Custom Cursor for Macromedia Flash
So you read the Macromedia Flash tutorial and learned about creating a custom cursor using the startDrag method. But what if you want to click and drag around another Movie clip? This week Mickey Richardson shows you how.
Fading Sounds Using ActionScript
Sure, you can control sounds in Macromedia Flash if they're on the timeline. But what about controlling them with ActionScript? Get started writing your own script to control the setVolume function using getTimer.
Autostretch Table Cells for Dreamweaver
Having trouble with repeating background images in your web page? George Jardine shows you how to get started with a super-efficient tip using the Dreamweaver Autostretch function.
Printing From Macromedia Flash
Yes, you can—Mickey Richardson shows you how to print any size page from a tiny Macromedia Flash web banner, how to hide printable pages from your user, and how to use ActionScript to be sure your printable pages are fully loaded before printing.
File Upload Using ColdFusion 5
This week you will learn how easy it is to add CFFILE to your HTML page to let your visitors upload to your site.
Function Basics for Macromedia Flash
Just getting started with writing your own ActionScripts? Follow along with George Jardine in this week's tip, and learn how to simplify your ActionScripts by creating your own functions.
Macromedia Flash and QuickTime Integration
This week, you will learn how to integrate Macromedia Flash and QuickTime. You'll create your own Macromedia Flash controller for a QuickTime movie, while learning how to jump to various sections of the movie.
