Most often, the size of Flash elements placed on web pages is set when they are created. Before being posted on the Internet, the source code of such an element is compiled, after which it is no longer possible to change these settings in the Flash movie itself. If the size is not hardcoded before compilation, then the width and height of the element can be controlled from the HTML tags in the source code of the hypertext document containing the Flash.
Instructions
Step 1
Open the source of the page that contains the tags for the Flash element you want to resize. This can be done in the editor of the pages of the content management system, in a specialized HTML editor or in a regular text editor. When using a tool that has a visual editing option, switch to the HTML-code mode.
Step 2
Find the code in the page source for the required Flash object. The easiest way to do this is using the search function, specifying the name of the file as the search criterion. Typically, a combination of the object and embed tags is used to display Flash movies on a page. For example, these lines of HTML might look like this:
Step 3
Change the width and height values specified in the object and embed tags. Both tags use the standard width and height attributes to specify sizes - in the example shown, they are assigned the values 812 and 811, respectively. Save the pages after making your changes.
Step 4
If you have the source code for the Flash element, you can change the compiled dimensions. The source is contained in a file with the fla extension and a specialized editor is required to work with it. The most common software product of this kind is called Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash). You need to open the fla file in such an editor and compile it again, specifying the required dimensions.
Step 5
Use a decompiler program if the fla source file is not available. Such a program can, based on the compiled code of the swf file, compose a source code that will relatively closely match the original fla file. Many of these applications (for example, Flash Decompiler Trilix) allow you to make changes to the compiled code of a flash element without a specialized editor.
