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Adobe Flash integration

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Action tool
SWF import/re-export
Launch-and-edit workflow with Flash
FreeHand MX importer for Flash
Navigation panel
Print layouts for Flash

Action tool

Easily assign complex ActionScript™ navigation commands for Adobe® Flash®. Just drag and drop a link between objects, symbols, and pages to quickly produce click-throughs for client approvals, presentations, and sophisticated Flash projects.

Assign simple actions such as Go To and Play or Go To and Stop or more complex behaviors like Get URL or Load External Movie.

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SWF import/re-export

Now you can import more complex Flash movies (SWF files) into your FreeHand® MX document and integrate them into your designs before exporting back out to SWF. This feature is great for developing larger site interfaces and designs in FreeHand MX while still being able to include components that include more programming-intensive functions for e-commerce or video streaming..

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Launch-and-edit workflow with Flash

Work more productively between programs with a launch-and-edit workflow between FreeHand MX and Flash. SWF files placed in a FreeHand MX document can be edited in Flash with a click in the Object panel. Updates made to the FLA file in Flash are automatically applied to the SWF file placed in FreeHand MX.

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FreeHand MX importer for Flash

Flash can now open and import FreeHand MX files while preserving the editability of vectors and text — and streamline the production process as projects move from design to development and programming.

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Navigation panel

Use the Navigation panel to assign navigation action to objects for export to HTML or Flash. The Navigation panel streamlines your workflow by letting you apply Internet links and Flash actions to graphics and text from within FreeHand MX.

For Flash production, use the panel to assign event handlers, actions, and parameters. Available actions include Go To and Stop, Go To and Play, Get URL, Play and Stop, Print, Full Screen, Start/Stop Drag, Load/Unload Movie, and Tell Target.

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Print layouts for Flash

Create rich web-native print applications for printing from Adobe Flash Player within any browser. FreeHand MX and Flash offer a technology that bridges the Internet and printers with web-native applications that have screen and print components. Lay out rich print designs in the flexible multipage FreeHand MX environment, and import into Flash to create compelling cross-media applications.