Customizing the About Window

The About window is launched when the user clicks the "About..." menu item from the right-click menu. On the Mac the About window is also opened when the user clicks the "About" menu item from the application's menu in the application menu bar. By default the About window contains Screentime and Adobe credits.

Simple Customization - No ActionScript Required

To customize your application's About window without using any ActionScript, navigate to mProjector's Application panel and specify a custom About window SWF. Your SWF can be any size and will be played in a rectangular, modal dialog type window. mProjector commands are supported in the About window SWF.

Your About window SWF MUST INCLUDE the Adobe Flash Player copyright notice: "Uses Adobe Flash Player Software. Copyright 1995-2009 Adobe, Inc." A small credit for us would be appreciated but is not required.

Advanced Customization - ActionScript Required

If you need your About window to be Flash-shaped and support transparency, you will need to build a custom menu and sub-launch a child window using mApplication.createWindow(). The example below creates a custom right-click menu with an "About..." menu item. When the user clicks the menu item, the onCommand event handler launches a child window created from a SWF called "credits.swf".

mMenu.removeAllItems();
mMenu.addItem("About...");
mMenu.onCommand = function(menuName, itemName) {
	switch(itemName) {
		case "About...":
			mApplication.createWindow("credits.swf", 100, 100, "about", "About", "WINDOWLESS", 0, true);
	}
} 

In this case, your application will also need to include functionality to give your custom About window it's desired modal behavior as well.

Again, when creating your About window remember to give credit where credit is due. Your About Box SWF MUST INCLUDE the Adobe Flash Player copyright notice: "Uses the Adobe Flash player Copyright 1995-2009 Adobe, Inc." A small credit for us would be appreciated but is not required.