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Using the stand-alone player

The stand-alone player plays Flash movies exactly as they appear in a Web browser or an ActiveX host application. The stand-alone player is installed along with Flash (named stand-alone Flash Player in Windows and Flash Player on the Macintosh). When you double-click a Flash movie, the operating system starts the stand-alone player, which in turn runs the movie. You can use the stand-alone player to make movies viewable for users who aren't using a Web browser or an ActiveX host application.

You can control movies in the stand-alone player using menu commands and the FScommand action. For example, to make the stand-alone player take over the whole screen, you assign the FScommand action to a frame or button and then select the `Fullscreen` command with the `True` argument. For more information, see Using actions and methods to control movie clips.

You can also print movie frames using the stand-alone player context menu. See Printing from the Flash Player context menu.

To control movies from the stand-alone player, choose from the following options:

| Open a new or existing file by choosing File > New or File > Open.
| Change your view of the movie by choosing View > Magnification, and from the submenu choose Show All, Zoom In, Zoom Out, or 100%.
| Control movie playback by choosing Control > Play, Rewind, or Loop.