Using HTML syntax for Generator templates

To use the Online Generator to process a template, you should refer to the Generator template in an HTML document. The URL for the template file tells the Web server to start the Online Generator and process the template. You can generate Flash Player movie, GIF, JPEG, or PNG files by specifying a type switch on the URL as shown in the following table:
File Type URL Syntax

Flash File

path/template.swt?type=swf

GIF File

path/template.swt?type=gif

JPEG File

path/template.swt?type=jpg

PNG File

path/template.swt?type=png

QuickTime File

path/template.swt?type=mov


You can use both document-relative paths (as indicated in the table) or root-relative paths for the URL.

When the output of the Online Generator is a Flash player movie, the URL can be embedded within an <OBJECT> or <EMBED> tag that specifies the Flash 4 player.

For example, here is the Object tag for Internet Explorer:

<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
	CODEBASE="http://download.macromedia.com/flash4/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0" 
	WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=300 BORDER=1>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="blimp.swt">
<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=best>
<PARAM NAME=type VALUE="application/x-shockwave-flash">
</OBJECT>

As another example, here is the Embed tag for Netscape Navigator:

<EMBED 
	SRC="GenDemos/blimp/blimp.swt"
	WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=300 
	QUALITY=best TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash">
</EMBED>

For offline generation, the output is static, so you reference the SWF, GIF, JPG or PNG file directly instead of using the template.

For online generation, the template file is referenced with the appropriate type=aaa query string.