Enabling full screen mode

Flash Player 9 includes the ability to upscale your SWF to completely fill the screen. Unfortunately, full screen mode is not enabled by default when publishing a SWF from Flash. How you enable it depends on the version of Flash you're using. Here's how.

Step One: Enable full screen mode

Note: If you are not using the html files exported by Flash and you will be embedding the swf file on your own html file, you will need to add the parameters to the embed code as instructed to Flash 8 or Flash MX 2004 users.

If you are using Adobe Flash CS3 or CS4, open File > Publish Settings and click on the HTML tab. In the "template" drop down, select "Flash Only - Allow Full Screen." Your published HTML/SWF will now support full screen mode.

If you are using Flash 8 or Flash MX 2004, you need to edit the player embed code your version of Flash publishes. To do so, publish an HTML/SWF using the default HTML template. Afterward, open the HTML document in a text editor and add the following amongst your param elements:

<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />

Next, add allowFullScreen="true" as a new attribute anywhere inside the embed element, like so:

<embed allowFullScreen="true" .../>

Note: Don't enter the three dots above. Those merely allude to the rest of the attributes in your existing embed element.

Step Two: Full Screen Take Over parameter

It's on by default, but just to make sure check the OPTIONS/Full Screen Take Over parameter to ensure it's set to "On". This allows the SWF to scale to the full dimensions of the display.

Step Three: Publish

That�s it! Your HTML/SWF are now supporting full screen mode and the navigation button should function appropriately.

Page last modified by afrmx on July 20, 2009, at 01:18 PM