04-04-2006, 12:00 PM
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Macromedia Releases Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC
"Now developers can create engaging mobile content, games and rich applications for all Windows Mobile 5 and Pocket PC 2003 devices. Developers can download the free Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC today to start developing and experiencing rich Flash content, enterprise applications and mobile services right from your Pocket PC."
Macromedia has just released Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC - on the surface, it appears no different to the previous Flash Player 6, other than additional support for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. Beneath the surface, you'll find the following features:
� Web browsing compatibility
� Flash Player 7 support
� Action Script 2 support
� XML socket support
� Web services and SOAP API
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04-04-2006, 01:36 PM
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Oracle
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Basically they have released a new version of the ActiveX that allows to see macromedia content in web pages. They keep calling it player and people think that with this they are going to be able to play .swf files and that's far from the reallity. To play .swf files you will need to create a html file in the .swf file embedded or you will need 3rd party programs like PFlashP or others.
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04-04-2006, 01:59 PM
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Thinker
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ctitanic,
Can you elaborate? Will this play .swf and .flv files that exist in memory (or storage card)? Will it play those files when tapped on inside File Explorer?
If not, is there a "wrapper" program available that would 1) assocatiate with swf and flv files, and 2) create any appropriate "temporary" files necessary for this program to playback flv and swf files?
I'm very interested in the additional video playback capabilities this gives to the Pocket PC.
Greg Smith
Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, podcasts
www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road
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04-04-2006, 02:08 PM
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Oracle
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Again, what you will install is a dll file, it's like an addin for PIE that will allow PIE to show macromedia content in web pages. There is not way to associate any file to a DLL. This is why you need other programs that will create for you a HTML in some cases that can be opened with PIE to watch the flash movie or game. There are other programs like PFlashP that includes access to .swf files from within the program without any need of any html temp file.
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04-04-2006, 02:17 PM
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Pupil
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So does this mean that flash versions of google maps, google video and youtube will work???
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04-04-2006, 02:27 PM
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Oracle
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Originally Posted by mpda
So does this mean that flash versions of google maps, google video and youtube will work???
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no at all. some of these pages use scripts that can't be handle by PIE. But... the only way to know if this is the case is to test it 
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04-04-2006, 02:56 PM
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Thinker
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Originally Posted by ctitanic
Again, what you will install is a dll file, it's like an addin for PIE that will allow PIE to show macromedia content in web pages. There is not way to associate any file to a DLL. This is why you need other programs that will create for you a HTML in some cases that can be opened with PIE to watch the flash movie or game. There are other programs like PFlashP that includes access to .swf files from within the program without any need of any html temp file.
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Thanks! So will PFlashP, when installed with the Macromedia Flash 7 "Player", allow you to tap the .swf or the .flv file in File Explorer on the Pocket PC and the game or video will begin playing?
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04-04-2006, 03:05 PM
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Ponderer
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Can Flash Player be installed onto a storage card?
Can Flash Player be installed onto a storage card and will it run correctly?
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04-04-2006, 03:08 PM
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Oracle
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Originally Posted by GSmith
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Originally Posted by ctitanic
Again, what you will install is a dll file, it's like an addin for PIE that will allow PIE to show macromedia content in web pages. There is not way to associate any file to a DLL. This is why you need other programs that will create for you a HTML in some cases that can be opened with PIE to watch the flash movie or game. There are other programs like PFlashP that includes access to .swf files from within the program without any need of any html temp file.
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Thanks! So will PFlashP, when installed with the Macromedia Flash 7 "Player", allow you to tap the .swf or the .flv file in File Explorer on the Pocket PC and the game or video will begin playing? |
PFlashP do not accept file association yet so you will have to open the program, select the file and play it.
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04-04-2006, 03:10 PM
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Oracle
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Re: Can Flash Player be installed onto a storage card?
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Originally Posted by doughboy
Can Flash Player be installed onto a storage card and will it run correctly?
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the activex dll will be installed in your windows folder no matter what location you select.
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