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Installing Flash authoring extensions on the Macintosh

You can install Flash Communication Server on a Windows or UNIX computer and use Flash MX on the Macintosh to author communication applications. The server comes with authoring extensions that you'll need to install on the computer running Flash MX.

To install the authoring extensions—the Communication App inspector, NetConnection Debugger, communication components, and related help files—into an existing copy of Macromedia Flash MX for the Macintosh, you use the authoring extensions installer for the Macintosh.

 
To install the authoring extensions on the Macintosh:

1	Log on as an administrative user.
2	Locate the authoring extensions installer.
	This file is on your installation CD, or you may have downloaded it from the Macromedia website.
3	Double-click the installer icon.
	The installer launches. The installer locates your existing copy of Flash MX automatically.
4	Click Install to install the authoring components and help system.
	The installer copies files to the Configuration, First Run, and Help directories in the Flash MX directory.

When the installation is complete, you can start Flash MX and select the new options in the Flash MX Window menu to help you create communication applications:

	Select Communication App Inspector to monitor running applications.
	Select NetConnection Debugger to debug faulty connections in applications.
	Select Components and, from the pop-up menu, select Communication Components to begin using communication components.

For more information on creating communication applications, see Developing Communication Applications Help.