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  <td><br><h2>Flash (SWF) support</h2></td>
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  <a href="../doc/Welcome.html"><img src="../doc/ploticus.gif" border=0></a><br>
  <a href="../doc/Welcome.html">Welcome</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;
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.TH Flash_(SWF)_support PL "15-MAY-2003   PL ploticus.sourceforge.net"

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Ploticus version 2.11+ supports 
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<a href="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">
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\0flash (SWF)
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output.  
Use the \fC-swf\fR command line option.
SWF support is only available when included at compile time (see the Makefile).

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.SH Fonts
Environment variable SWF_FONTS_DIR must be defined.
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<a href="fonts.html#swf">
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\0More info on fonts
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.SH Output files
Output files will be named \fC.swf\fR by default.
These files can be viewed directly using a browser that has a flash plugin.

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.SH Example
The example below was created by issuing this command:
\fCpl -swf stock.htm\fR
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<embed src="../gallery/stock.swf" 
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" 
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height=300 width=500>
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<a href="../gallery/stock.swf">
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\0stock.swf
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<a href="../gallery/stock.htm">
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\0stock ploticus script
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Here's the embed HTML:
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<embed src="../gallery/stock.swf" 
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" 
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height=300 width=500>
</embed> 
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</small>
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.fi

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.SH Currently not supported:
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line dash styles
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clickable regions / click maps


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.SH Acknowledgement
Many thanks to Bill Traill 
(\fC bill@traill.demon.co.uk \fR)
for initiating ploticus 
SWF support and writing the ploticus SWF driver.


