Using the stand-alone player

The stand-alone player plays Flash Player movies exactly as they appear in a web browser or an Active X host application. The stand-alone player is installed along with Flash so that when you double-click a Flash Player file, the operating system starts the stand-alone player, which in turn runs the movie.

There are a number of FS Command options for controlling movies in the stand-alone player. For example, to make the stand-alone player take over the whole screen, assign the FS Command action to a frame or button and enter FullScreen as the command and True as the argument. See Sending messages to the movie's host program.

The file names of the stand-alone player are:

Windows: FlashPla.exe
Macintosh: FlashPlayer

While the stand-alone player is running you can do the following:

Open a new file by choosing File > Open.
Change your view of the movie by choosing Zoom > Show All, Zoom In/Out, or 100%.
Make the movie take over the entire screen by choosing View > Full Screen.
Control movie playback by choosing Control > Play, Rewind, Loop, Pause, or Fast Forward.
Create a stand-alone projector by choosing File > Create Projector.