This Extension panel is driven by xml schema, which can be customized to fit specific project requirements. It automatically creates fla, html, css and javascript files defined in the schema. It also includes swfobject 2.2, swfaddress 2.3, and Tweener 1.31.74 in the default schema.
Using this extension can effectively streamline new project creation work flow. It only takes a few clicks to achieve which usually takes hours to recreate, duplicate or customize from previous projects.
This extension does not serve as a framework. It's purpose is to easily create the structure of files and folders that are used when you start a project. We would also like to thank Steven Sacks for his excellent JSFL.
Structure Creator works with Flash CS3 and CS4 on Windows and Mac. It allows for a custom export path for fla files in the xml schema. Default template HTML and CSS files pass the W3C XHTML Strict 1.0 and CSS 2.1 tests.
Are you using Structure Creator?
If you are using Structure Creator please email me eddie.moore@gmail.com and tell us what you think about Structure Creator. Was it useful? What could be improved? You can send the link of the website that you have created using Structure Creator, we would love to see it.
Please only download the latest release
Example Schema
<folder name='%BASE%'> <folder name='assets' /> <folder name='docs' /> <folder name='release'> <folder name='css'> <file name='style.css' url="http://flashstructurecreator.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/templates/style.css" /> </folder> <folder name='images' /> <folder name='js'> <file name='swfaddress.js' url="http://flashstructurecreator.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/templates/swfaddress.js" /> <file name='swfobject.js' url="http://flashstructurecreator.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/templates/swfobject.js" /> </folder> <folder name='xml' /> <file name='index.html' url="http://flashstructurecreator.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/templates/index.html" /> </folder> <folder name='source'> <file name='main.fla' exportpath="../release/" /> </folder> </folder>
Create a folder
<folder name='XXXXX'></folder>
This will create a folder with the name XXXXX
Create a file
<file name='XXXX.XXX' url='http://linktotemplate' />
This will create a file called XXXX.XXX (e.g index.html) based on a template file linked in the url attribute. Replace http://linktotemplate with the link to your template file. More information on templates are located below.
When adding a FLA file to your structure use this method
<file name='main.fla' exportpath="../release/" />
If you don't specify the export path then the swf will export into the same directory as the fla.
Templates
If you are creating your own templates there are some variables that can be replaced with values when a new project is created. The following table lists current available variables.
| Variable | Replaced With |
| %SWFWIDTH% | Width of swf |
| %SWFHEIGHT% | Height of swf |
| %SWFHALFWIDTH% | Half of swf width |
| %SWFHALFHEIGHT% | Half of swf height |
| %SWFNAME% | Name of swf |
| %SWFFPS% | Swf frames per second |
| %PACKAGENAME% | Class package (for Document Class) |
| %CLASSNAME% | Name of Class (for Document Class) |
Example Template for index.html
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>%SWFNAME% - Created with Flash Structure Creator</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfaddress.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var flashvars = {};
var params = {menu: 'false'};
var attributes = {id: '%SWFNAME%'};
swfobject.embedSWF('%SWFNAME%.swf', '%SWFNAME%', '%SWFWIDTH%', '%SWFHEIGHT%', '9.0.45', 'js/expressinstall.swf', flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="%SWFNAME%">
<h1>%SWFNAME%</h1>
<p>In order to view this page you need Flash Player 9+ support!</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
<img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />
</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
