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Using the stand-alone player

The stand-alone player plays Flash Player movies exactly as they appear in a Web browser or an ActiveX host application. The stand-alone player is installed along with Flash (named FlashPla.exe in Windows and FlashPlayer on the Macintosh). When you double-click a Flash Player file, the operating system starts the stand-alone player, which in turn runs the movie.

You can control movies in the stand-alone player using menu commands and the FScommand action. For example, to make the stand-alone player take over the whole screen, you assign the FScommand action to a frame or button and then select the Fullscreen command with the True argument. For more information, see Controlling other movies and movie clips.

To control movies from the stand-alone player, choose from the following options:

Open a new or existing file by choosing File > New or File > Open.
Change your view of the movie by choosing View > Magnification, and from the submenu choose Show All, Zoom In, Zoom Out, or 100%.
Control movie playback by choosing Control > Play, Rewind, Loop, Step Forward or Step Backward.