Extending Flash Javascript

After finding out about the capabilities of (java)scripting in Photoshop, I'm curious to know if there's similar functionality for Flash.
After some searching I found the 'Extending Flash'-documentation (please direct the currently inactive Flash Javascript-link on the Developers homepage to this page, it took me a while to find it), which seems to work fine but is rather shallow compared to the javascript possibilities in Photoshop.
My questions:
- Has there been any work on this since the CS4 scripting guide I found? Perhaps some functionality is complemented by Flex SDK, but I'm specifically looking for the functionality to automate the Flash Authoring Environment, for instance to have a swift way to replace texts, symbols or bits of ActionScripts in a SWF-file.
- Is there a listener for Flash IDE like there is for Photoshop, i.e. a tool that converts your actions in Flash to JS-code?
Cheers,
Ruben

i don't believe there has been much, if any, work extending the original jsfl code.
to automate flash tasks, jsfl is the appropriate tool and there is no listener that will shortcut the coding for you.

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<blockquote>
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</blockquote>
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@ndyB
"-->dan mode" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:e3ag7h$oob$[email protected]..
> Read this:
>
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>
> Then, here is a simple way.
> You need to do three things and I will give examples as
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>
> 1. all of the <object> tag must be taken out and
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> placed within a function where you document.write the
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>
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>
>
> That should be all you need.
>
> --
>
> Dan Mode
> *Must Read*
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> *Flash Helps*
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>
>
>

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Sorry Dan,
This has got nothing to do with the question I asked.
I know about the Microsoft "patch" and have already allowed
for it.
@ndyB
"-->dan mode" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:e3ag7h$oob$[email protected]..
> Read this:
>
http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?p=114
>
> Then, here is a simple way.
> You need to do three things and I will give examples as
follows.
>
> 1. all of the <object> tag must be taken out and
put into a .js file and
> placed within a function where you document.write the
<object tag>
> 2. you must include that .js file in the header of the
html where the swf
> resided
> 3. call the js function from step 1
>
>
> --Here is a sample of Step 1, save this file as
commFile.js:
>
> function commM()
> {
> document.write('<object
> classid="clsid
27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0"
> width="410" height="345">\n');
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value="/mySWF.swf">\n');
> document.write('<param name="quality"
value="high">\n');
> document.write('<embed src="/mySWF.swf"
quality="high" +'"
> pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
> type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="410"
> height="345"></embed>\n');
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>
> --Here is a sample for Step 2, put this in the head of
your html page:
>
> <script src="commFile.js"
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>
> --Here is a sample for Step 3, place this code on the
spot of the page
> where
> you want your flash to show up:
>
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>
>
> That should be all you need.
>
> --
>
> Dan Mode
> *Must Read*
http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog
> *Flash Helps*
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>
>
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