FLASH: Back to business - Flash and .htt in Win95

[Bill Wagner]

Well, the anti-Bill posts are about even with the pro-Bill private Emails I

have received, so at least I know people are interested in 'developing' with

Flash, but to get back to the business of Flash, I'd like to ask a question

of all the Wintel zealots out there.

Has anyone done any monkeying with the .htt files that come with the Windows

Active Desktop? They sit in your Windows\Web directory and, man, are they

cool. It is basically an HTML template with scripts and style sheets that

governs the look of Windows Explorer, and The My Computer and Control Panel

windows. It is possible to totally f**k with the way your computer looks

when you activate the 'View as Web Page' option. I have embedded some Flash

movies into mine that give me animated links to my favorite web sites and a

cool banner at the top of my right pane in Explorer. If anyone else is

interested in having the coolest looking computer in your office, give them

a look (just save a copy someplace else first) and start fiddling. If anyone

is really interested in this little gateway into the look and feel of your

OS, I might post a tutorial page and some sample .htt files. This is great

way to impress people with Flash.


P.S. the file and the windows they change are:

folder.htt - Explorer right pane

mycomp.htt - My Computer

controlp.htt - Control Panel (be careful with this one)

printers.htt - Printers


Bill Wagner

Media Coordinator

Power Test, Inc.




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