Aftershock is a Macromedia utility, included as part of the Director package. Aftershock generates HTML and JavaScript to be associated with Shockwave and Flash movies; it can be used, for instance, to detect what version of a plugin a visitor to your page is using, and provide appropriate content. You can open files created by Aftershock in Dreamweaver and then paste the contents into other Dreamweaver documents. To edit Aftershock objects, install Aftershock in your system, select HTML generated by Aftershock in a document, and then click Launch Aftershock in the Property inspector.
In Flash 4, Aftershock has been superseded by the Publish capability. However, Aftershock is still useful for those using Flash 3 or Director.
To insert Aftershock objects in Dreamweaver:
| 1 | In Dreamweaver, open an HTML file created by Aftershock. |
| Aftershock elements appear as noneditable objects in Dreamweaver. If an object includes a preview image, Dreamweaver displays it. | |
| 2 | Copy the contents of the file and paste them into another Dreamweaver document. |
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To edit an Aftershock object:
| 1 | Select an Aftershock object and open the Property inspector. |
| 2 | Click Launch Aftershock. |
| 3 | Edit the file in Aftershock, save the changes, and exit from the utility. |
| When you exit from Aftershock, Dreamweaver updates the content of the Aftershock object with the new information. | |
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