Flash : Java Glossary

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flash Flash

aka FLV (Flash Video), Adobe’s (originally developed by Macromedia) client-side competitor to Java that runs in a browser like Applets. The current version is 11.2.202.235 Last revised/verified: 2012-05-16. Its download is about 1.2 MB, compared with 3 MB for Shockwave, and 14 MB for the Java run time. It was initially designed to do rapid animations with very small downloads. Now it has been extended to handle data entry and database lookup functions. Macromedia decided to use fluffy XML as their transport protocol to the server. The downloaded files typically have the extension *.swt or *.swf. Test your Flash installation.

Adobe has effectively abandoned it, moving to HTML5 instead.

The HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) to invoke Flash is an <object tag, perhaps augmented with a deprecated <embed tag to handle the older browsers.

Markup

Adobe recommends hideous incomprehensible markup to invoke Flash movies. However, I have found you can get away with a simple markup, and it works on all modern browsers, even Internet Explorer.

Simplified Markup

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Invoking a YouTube Video

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Hideous Nested Embed markup

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ActionScript
Adobe
CinemaForge Windows convert to other formats
Direct Links to the installers
downloading video
Downloading Window video streams
FLV Recorder: to download Flash video
GoldWave
HTML5
iPaper
iSquint: Mac Flash convert to other formats
Java
JavaScript
JaviMoya VideoDownloader: Firefox extension
KeepVid: to download Flash video
Macromedia
Shockwave
Test Flash installed properly: also version number
Tips on Downloading Flash Videos when there is no download button
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