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Installing the Instructor edition

Commandim Fire: Instructor edition is a collection of Flash extensions that enlarge Flash's powerful animation capabilities to support the types of training materials you want to develop as a Fire Service instructor. To install Flash extensions, you need the Adobe Extension Manager. This typically comes with your distribution of Flash. The easiest way to see is to look at the CommandSim FI files you have downloaded (or on the distribution CD). Look for the file CommandSim_FI_v1.mxp (depending on your viewing settings, you may not see the ".mxp"). If you have the Extension Manager installed already, you will see the icon pictured here:

If you do not see this icon, you do not have the Extension Manager installed so you need to get it and install it. If you see the icon with the file, click on or skip to "Installing Extensions".

Note: This page shows how to install CommandSim using Flash 8 Professional. The process is identical for more up-to-date versions of Flash (CS3, CS4, or CS5).

Downloading and Installing the Adobe Extension Manager

The Macromedia/Adobe Extension Manager is a free program for managing extensions to Adobe products, such as Flash. You must have the Extension Manager to install CommandSim Fire. The Extension Manager is included in the Flash distribution. However, if for some reason you need to download the Extension Manager, you can click here to go to the download page. Once installed, you can proceed to install CommandSim Fire.

Installing Extensions

IMPORTANT: Adobe Flash CS5 (or CS4, CS4, or 8) and Adobe Extension Manager version 1.6 or higher must be installed prior to installing CommandSim Fire.

  1. Click on the download link for CommandSim Fire , or open the distribution CD (if you received it by CD).

  1. If you are downloading the file, save it to a location on your hard drive. When it has completed downloading, either click on the Open button (from the download window), or find CSFireInstructor.mxp in the hard drive location you specified and double-click on it to open it. If you are loading CommandSim Fire from the distribution CD, go to the folder on the CD with CSFI_v1.mxp and open it (double-click on it). The Adobe Extension Manager will open and prompt you to Accept or Disagree with the license agreement.


  2. Read the agreement to understand the terms, and click Accept to accept the Adobe Extension Manager and CommandSim Fire license agreements. When you press Accept, the Extension Manager will tell you that it is in the process of installing the extension.


     
  3. Click OK to acknowledge that CommandSim Fire has been successfully installed. Confirm that Adobe Extension Manager shows CommandSim Fire Instructor installed and the On/Off check box is checked on.


     
  4. Exit (quit) Adobe Extension Manager.
  5. Run (launch) Adobe Flash.
  6. When Flash opens, you know CommandSim Fire was installed properly if you see a CommandSim folder underneath the "Create from Template" title:

By default, the Adobe Extension Manager installs the CommandSim Fire components, help files, and templates.

 

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