On The Internet: Developing For The Web
Get the Authorware Web Player
Get the latest Authorware Web Player, which allows you to view Authorware applications online.
Distribute the Authorware Web Player
You can distribute the Authorware Web Player free of charge. To distribute the player, you will need to complete an online Distribution Agreement. Find out more about Authorware Web Player Distribution, formerly known as the Shockwave Authorware Distribution.
Tutorials and Articles
Authorware Web Player AutoInstall
By incorporating an autoinstall button on your site, your users can automatically receive the appropriate version of the Authorware Web Player. This article outlines the steps you need to follow to implement autoinstall on your site.
Developing for the Web: A primer
If you've never created an Authorware piece for the Web, start with the steps outlined in this article. You'll learn how to package a piece for the Web, add it to an HTML page, and configure your Web server to play Authorware pieces.
The EMBED tag
Learn how to implement your Authorware pieces on the Web.
TechNotes
- tn_19519—Instructions for hosting the Macromedia Authorware Web Player 2004
- tn_19380—How to uninstall Authorware Web Player, version 2004
- tn_19348—Information about Authorware Web Player version 2004
- tn_18777—Authorware Advanced Streamer and Windows 2000 IIS server
- tn_18626—"Invalid File Version" error when viewing Authorware web pieces
- tn_18582—Trusting Mode and the Web Player Security Dialog
- tn_16696—Distributing the Authorware Web Player
- tn_15966—Authorware Web Players
- tn_15885—How to open a Web page from an Authorware piece
- tn_15883—Authorware Web Player installers
- tn_15355—Connecting Web packaged pieces with a database
- tn_15252—Map file basics
- tn_15183—Database tracking and recording with Authorware Web Player
- tn_14844—Director movies inside Web packaged pieces
- tn_14748—Proxy servers and Authorware Web packaged files
- tn_14321—Configuring your server for Web packaged pieces
- tn_14277—Authorware Advanced Streamer serial number guidelines
- tn_14236—Licensing and deployment of the Authorware Web Player
- tn_14121—Troubleshooting playback of animated GIFs in Authorware 5.1
- tn_14067—Playing a Web packaged file with MPEG movie
- tn_14045—How to create a Web packaged file
- tn_13749—Advanced Streamer error code chart
- tn_13706—Editing a map file for downloading from a custom location
- tn_13668—PostURL
- tn_13554—Authorware Web Security
- tn_13550—HTML code for Authorware Web packaged pieces
- tn_13451—How to play a shocked Director movie from within a Web packaged file
- tn_13422—Using the Flash Asset Xtra with Authorware Web Player
- tn_13295—How to install or uninstall the Authorware Web Player ActiveX control
- tn_13073—How to detect if the user has the Authorware Web Player installed
- tn_13006—Using UCD, DLL, or XCMD in a Web packaged piece
- tn_12956—Which files are included with the Authorware Web Player for Windows?
- tn_12541—Debugging tips for Web packaged Authorware files
- tn_12395—Configuring the Authorware Web Player MIME types for an MIIS server
- tn_3950—Top 10 Authorware Web Player Issues
