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Macromedia Studio MX

**Macromedia Studio MX** was a software suite that was released by Macromedia on May 29, 2002. It gathered various studio packages into one larger unified set. By November 2002, over 250,000 new units and upgrades were sold, making it the most successful product launch launch in Macromedia history. The suite was updated to Macromedia Studio MX Plus in 2003.

## Applications

* Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
* Macromedia Flash MX
* Macromedia Fireworks MX
* Macromedia FreeHand 10
* Macromedia ColdFusion MX Developer Edition (Windows only)

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Studio MX now available, Macromedia. 2002-05-29. Archived 2002-06-04.
2. ↑ Macromedia Studio MX becomes most popular product in company history, Macromedia. 2002-11-06. Archived 2002-12-09.

## External links

* Macromedia Studio MX at Macromedia (archived 2002-06-04, 2003-08-01)
* Macromedia Studio MX by Mike Riley at asp.net (archived 2002-10-10)
* Macromedia rebrand and design by Kenny Chui
* Macromedia Studio MX at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia RoboInfo 5

**Macromedia RoboInfo 5** was the last major version of RoboInfo that was distributed by Macromedia, and later Adobe Systems.

## Product history

eHelp Corporation developed and released direct predecessor RoboInfo 3.0 (there is no version 4). eHelp was acquired by Macromedia on October 24, 2003. RoboInfo 5.0 was released by Macromedia on January 20, 2004.

In December 2005, Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems. Adobe continued marketing the product until late 2007, when it was replaced by Adobe RoboHelp 7.

## References

1. ↑ RoboInfo, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2003-02-02.
2. ↑ RoboInfo Support Center, Adobe Systems. Archived 2006-05-19.
3. ↑ Macromedia to acquire eHelp, ActionScript. 2003-10-24. Archived 2006-12-15.
4. ↑ Macromedia Announces RoboInfo 5.0; New Release Empowers Organizations to Effectively Publish and Manage Policies and Procedures Online by Macromedia, BusinessWire. 2004-01-20.
5. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
6. ↑ Got an HTTP 301 response at crawl time | Redirecting to..., Adobe Systems. Archived 2007-12-22.

## See also

* Macromedia RoboDemo 5
* Macromedia RoboHelp X5

## External links

* Macromedia RoboInfo 5 at Macromedia (archived 2004-01-24)
* Macromedia RoboInfo 5 at Adobe (archived 2006-05-07)
* RoboInfo 5 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2004-03-21)
* Macromedia RoboInfo 5 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Fireworks 1

**Macromedia Fireworks 1** is the first public release of Fireworks, released by Macromedia on June 2, 1998.

## Product history

Development of Fireworks began at Macromedia's Digital Arts Group (formerly Altsys) in Richardson, Texas. It was created by engineers from the Macromedia FreeHand team and the two software projects often shared resources. Fireworks was announced on March 10, 1998 and a free public beta was released. To encourage adoption after the discontinuation of Macromedia xRes, free 30-day trials were offered.

Fireworks 1.0 was also included as part of Macromedia Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio, which was released on December 7, 1998.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Ships Fireworks, Macromedia. 1999-06-02. Archived 1999-02-19.
2. ↑ R.I.P. FreeHand by Andy Finnell, Safe from the Losing Fight. 2007-05-17.
3. ↑ Macromedia Introduces Fireworks, Macromedia. 1999-03-10. Archived 1999-02-18.
4. ↑ xRes is no longer being offered by Macromedia as a stand alone product, Macromedia. Archived 1998-12-06.
5. ↑ Fireworks Download Free try and buy trial version, Macromedia. Archived 1998-06-12.
6. ↑ Macromedia Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio new features, Macromedia. Archived 1999-02-18.
7. ↑ Macromedia ships Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio and Dreamweaver 2, Macromedia. 1998-12-07. Archived 1999-11-10.

## External links

* Macromedia Fireworks product info at Macromedia (archived 1998-12-06)
	+ Fireworks import formats (archived 1998-12-03)
* Macromedia Fireworks 1.0 at the Web Design Museum
* Macromedia Fireworks 1 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Flash Media Server

**Macromedia Flash Media Server**, now known as **Adobe Media Server**, is server software originally created by Macromedia to deliver Flash media content to rich internet applications. It has since been updated to stream HD quality video with dynamic media encryption to desktop, home, and mobile devices.

## Product history

The software began in 2002 as **Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX** and was renamed Macromedia Flash Media Server 2 with the announcement of the public beta in September 2005. Macromedia and its product line were acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia announces Flash Media Server 2, Macromedia. Archived 2005-10-13.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.

## External links

* Flash Media Server 2 at Macromedia (archived 2005-11-24)
	+ Flash Media Server 2 Public Beta (archived 2005-10-13)
	+ Flash Communication Server MX/ 1.5 (archived 2002-08-02 / 2003-04-02)
		- Which edition of Flash Communication Server MX do I need? by Mike Chambers (archived 2002-07-14)
* Adobe Media Server family at Adobe
	+ Adobe Media Server 5 (archived 2012-10-11)
	+ Adobe Flash Media Server 4/ 4.5 (archived 2010-09-11 / 2012-02-24)
	+ Adobe Flash Media Server 3/ 3.5 (archived 2007-12-09 / 2008-12-04)
	+ Adobe Flash Media Server 2 (archived 2006-05-02)
* Adobe Media Server at the Adobe Wiki
* Adobe Media Server at Wikipedia
Macromedia Extension Manager MX 2004

**Macromedia Extension Manager MX 2004** (1.6) is a version of Macromedia's Extension Manager utility that was included with Macromedia Studio MX 2004.

## Supported products

Extension Manager 1.6 supported the following applications:

* Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 or Dreamweaver MX
* Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 or Fireworks MX
* Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004. Flash MX 2004, or Flash MX

## External links

* Download the Macromedia Extension Manager (1.6) at Adobe
	+ Macromedia Extension Manager 1.6 release notes (archived 2006-12-24)
* Macromedia Extension Manager MX 2004 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia User Conference 1995

The 6th annual **Macromedia International User Conference** was held October 30 to November 1, **1995** by Macromedia in San Francisco, California.

## Events

Attending companies included Netscape, CKS Interactive, 2-Lane Media, Organic Online and Canter Technology. Shockwave technology and Macromedia Afterburner for Director were introduced. Cinepak, Indeo, and MPEG video codecs were also demonstrated.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Macromedia Brings Multimedia To World Wide Web, Macromedia. 1995-10-30. Archived 1999-09-10.
2. ↑ Multimedia tool comes to web by Pardhu Vadlamudi, *InfoWorld*, p.12. 1995-11-06.
3. ↑ *Oceanen van creativiteit: 15 jaar multimedia (1990-2005)*, p.31 (Dutch) by Christel de Maeyer, Lannoo Uitgeverij. 2006.
Macromedia Fireworks 4

**Macromedia Fireworks 4** is the fourth major version of Fireworks that was released by Macromedia on November 27, 2000.

It was also included in the following suites:

* Macromedia Web Design Studio
* Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio
* Macromedia UltraDev 4 Fireworks 4 Studio

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio now available. 2000-11-27. Archived 2001-01-23.

## External links

* Macromedia Fireworks 4 at Macromedia (archived 2000-12-18, 2002-04-01)
* Macromedia Fireworks 4 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit

**Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kits** were a series of CD-ROMs that were issued quarterly by Macromedia. Each disc included components and extensions for Macromedia MX development tools. These were succeeded by Macromedia DevNet Resource Kits in 2003.

## Product history

The first volume was released on September 6, 2002 and was priced at $99. Starting with the third volume in 2003, the MX Developer Resource Kits were retitled and released as Macromedia DevNet Resource Kits. The first two volumes were combined into a Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit Special Edition, which was included with Macromedia Studio MX Plus. DevNet subscribers could receive 4 additional volumes for $299 per year.

### Discontinuation

On January 3, 2005, Macromedia stopped accepting new subscribers. The final disc was volume 13, which was released in October 2005.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit now available, Macromedia. 2002-09-06. Archived 2002-11-13.
2. ↑ DevNet Resource Kit, Macromedia. Archived 2003-04-13.
3. ↑ Levels and Features, Macromedia. Archived 2003-02-12.
4. ↑ DevNet Resource Kit, Macromedia. Archived 2003-06-03.
5. ↑ DevNet Resource Kit: Important Notice, Macromedia. Archived 2005-11-05.

## External links

* Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit at Macromedia (archived 2002-11-13)
	+ Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit: Volume 1 (archived 2002-12-04)
	+ Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit: Volume 2 (archived 2002-12-04)
* Macromedia DevNet Resource Kits at Macromedia (archived 2003-02-13)
	+ DevNet Resource Kits – Released Volumes (archived 2005-01-04)
* Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Macromedia MX developer kit released at *InfoWorld* (2002-09-06)
* Macromedia offers MX Developer Resource Kit by Dennis Sellers, *Macworld* (2002-09-05)
* Macromedia opens up MX resource kit by David Becker at ZDNet (2002-09-06)
Macromedia Flash 4

**Macromedia Flash 4** is the fourth major release of Flash from Macromedia.

## Release

Announced at the 1999 Macromedia International User Conference in San Francisco on May 24, it was released on June 15, 1999.

Flash 4 was also included in the following suites:

* Macromedia Dream Team
* Macromedia Flash 4 FreeHand 9 Studio
* Macromedia Web Design Studio

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia debuts Flash 4 for distinctive, full-screen web experiences, Macromedia. 1999-05-24. Archived 1999-10-18.
2. ↑ Macromedia ships Flash 4, Macromedia. 1999-06-15. Archived 1999-10-18.

## External links

* Macromedia Flash 4 FAQ at Macromedia (archived 1999-10-01)
* Macromedia Flash 4.0 at the Web Design Museum
* Macromedia Flash 4 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia FreeHand Graphics Studio

**Macromedia FreeHand Graphics Studio** is an early "Studio" software suite announced by Macromedia on January 8, 1996. It shipped on February 26, 1996, replacing Macromedia Graphic Design Studio, and was retroactively referred to as "**Version 2.0**" to avoid confusion with its immediate predecessor. It was updated the following October to FreeHand Graphics Studio 7.

## Applications

* Macromedia FreeHand 5.5
* Macromedia Extreme 3D
* Macromedia Fontographer 4.1
* Macromedia xRes 2
* Kai's Power Tools 3.0 Special Edition

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Debuts the FreeHand Graphics Studio and NEW Shockwave for FreeHand, Macromedia. 1996-01-08. Archived 1999-11-06.
2. ↑ Macromedia Ships the FreeHand Graphics Studio Version 2.0 and Announces Special Promotional Pricing, Macromedia. 1996-02-26. Archived 1999-08-20.
3. ↑ Macromedia Ships New FreeHand Graphics Studio 7 for Windows 95, NT, and Macintosh, Macromedia. 1996-10-28. Archived 1999-11-06.

## External links

* The key role of Fontographer in the font revolution by David Bergsland, *Fontographer: Practical Font Design For Graphic Designers* (2011-09)
* Product overview: FreeHand 5 for Windows and FreeHand 5.5 for Macintosh by Karen Mitchell, *InfoWorld* (1996-04-15)
* Macromedia FreeHand Graphics Studio at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 1

**Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev (version 1)** is an advanced version of Dreamweaver 3 from Macromedia with additional features to support building ASP, JSP, or ColdFusion applications.

## Product history

Dreamweaver UltraDev was announced on May 8, 2000 as a replacement for Macromedia Drumbeat 2000. It was released on June 7 at the JavaOne 2000 conference in San Francisco.

Each copy of UltraDev was bundled with a single-user license of Allaire ColdFusion 4.5 Server and a tightly integrated version of HomeSite 4.5 (for Windows) or BBEdit (for Macintosh). Ultradev was also included as part of Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev Fireworks 3 Studio.

It was superseded by Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 (skipping version numbers so that the UltraDev and Dreamweaver version numbers would be consistent).

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia introduces Dreamweaver UltraDev, Macromedia. 2000-05-08. Archived 2000-06-19.
2. ↑ Macromedia ships Dreamweaver UltraDev, Macromedia. 2000-06-07. Archived 2000-07-11.
3. ↑ ColdFusion Integration with Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev, Macromedia. Archived 2001-04-13.
4. ↑ Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev Features, Macromedia. Archived 2000-10-07.
5. ↑ Dreamweaver UltraDev Fireworks 3 Studio, Macromedia. Archived 2000-09-18.

## External links

* Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev at Macromedia (archived 2000-08-15)
	+ Comparing Macromedia Dreamweaver and Dreamweaver UltraDev (archived 2000-08-22)
* Dreamweaver UltraDev Support Center: 1.0 Release Notes at Adobe
* Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 1 at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Capsule Review: Dreamweaver UltraDev by Mel Beckman at Macworld (2000-09-30)
PDF

The **Portable Document Format** (**PDF**) is a file format developed by Adobe Systems in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Based on the PostScript language, each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, vector graphics, raster images and other information needed to display it. PDF was standardized as ISO 32000 in 2008, and no longer requires any royalties for its implementation.

## Flash vs. PDF

In 2003, Macromedia acquired Flash Printer from Blue Pacific Software and rebranded it as Macromedia FlashPaper to position it as a competitor to Adobe Acrobat through the use of Flash SWF files as an alternative resolution-independent document format to Adobe's PDF. FlashPaper 2 was included with Contribute 3, and Macromedia Studio 8. However, Adobe Systems acquired Macromedia in December 2005, and announced in 2008 that development on FlashPaper was being discontinued.

## References

1. ↑ Adobe Systems Incorporated, PDF Reference, Sixth edition, version 1.23 (53 MB), Nov 2006, p. 33.
2. ↑ The Camelot Project (PDF) by John Warnock, Adobe Systems. Planet PDF. 1995-05-05.
3. ↑ PDF 1.7 (ISO 32000-1:2008) Document management — Portable document format — Part 1 (PDF), International Organization for Standardization. 2008-07-01.
4. ↑ Flash Printer, Blue Pacific Software. Archived 2004-12-12.
5. ↑ Macromedia Contribute 2 product overview, Macromedia. 2003-08-12.
6. ↑ Macromedia Contribute 3 key features, Macromedia. 2004-07-20,
7. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
8. ↑ FlashPaper from Adobe (end of development), Adobe Systems. Archived 2008-09-06.

## External links

* Adobe PDF at Adobe Document Cloud
	+ Create PDFs with Acrobat (2019-09-19)
		- Create PDFs with PDFMaker (Windows) (2019-09-18)
		- Using the Adobe PDF printer (2019-09-25)
	+ PDF reference and Adobe extensions to the PDF specification at Adobe DevNet
	+ PostScript vs. PDF: Why do we offer two printing technologies? How do they differ? by David Evans at Adobe Systems (archived 2008-05-20)
	+ Who Created the PDF? at Adobe Blog (2015-06-18)
* The history of PDF by Laurens Leurs at Prepressure (2017-03-05)
* Refrying PDFs - the good, the bad and the ugly (PDF) by Leonard Rosenthal, Adobe Inc. at Ghent PDF Workgroup (2008-10-25)
* Portable Document Format at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing
* PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2:2017) at International Organization for Standardization
* PDF at the Adobe Wiki
* PDF at the Apple Wiki
* PDF and History of the Portable Document Format (PDF) at Wikipedia
Macromedia Japan User Conference 1997

The **1997 Macromedia Japan User Conference** was held June 5 to 6, 1997 by Macromedia at Tokyo Big Sight in Kōtō, Tokyo.

## Events

Speakers included Macromedia chairman and CEO Bud Colligan and senior VP of engineering Norm Meyrowitz. Products demonstrated at the conference included Macromedia Director 6J and Flash 2J.

## External links

* International Tradeshows: Japan at Macromedia Asia (archived 1997-06-30)
	+ Macromedia Japan User Conference (English, archived 1997-04-06)
	+ Macromedia Japan User Conference (Japanese, archived 1997-06-08)
Macromedia Web Publishing System

**Macromedia Web Publishing System** is a software suite that was first released by Macromedia on August 16, 2004.

## Product history

### Applications (2004)

* Macromedia Contribute 3
* Macromedia Contribute Publishing Services (normally offered separately)
* Macromedia FlashPaper 2
* Macromedia Studio MX 2004 (Professional)
	+ Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
	+ Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 (not the Standard version)
	+ Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004
	+ Macromedia FreeHand MX
	+ Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6.1 Developer Edition (Windows only)

### Applications (2005)

In August 2005, applications from Macromedia Studio MX 2004 were replaced with the following from Studio 8:

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
* Macromedia Flash Professional 8
* Macromedia Fireworks 8

### Legacy activation

Adobe Systems, which had acquired Macromedia in December 2005, disabled the activation server for legacy Macromedia products on December 15, 2012. Users who wish to activate Macromedia Studio MX 2004 after this date will need to follow this procedure.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Web Publishing System, Contribute 3, and FlashPaper 2 now available, Macromedia. 2004-08-16. Archived 2004-08-17.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
3. ↑ Activation error | Macromedia branded products, Adobe Systems. Archived 2013-10-10.

## External links

* Macromedia Web Publishing System at Macromedia (archived 2004-07-19, 2005-08-10)
* Macromedia Web Publishing System at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Fontographer

**Macromedia Fontographer** was a font creation and editing application that was released by Macromedia for Macintosh, NeXTSTEP, and Windows.

## History

Fontographer was originally developed by James Von Ehr as Altsys' first product in January 1986. Version 2.0 was released in the fall of that year. Its graphics engine became the foundation of Aldus FreeHand 1.0.

Altsys was acquired by Macromedia in January 1995. Version 4.1 was included with Macromedia FreeHand Graphics Studio and FreeHand Graphics Studio 7 for Macintosh. The Macromedia packaging was designed by J. Stewart Huey.

In May 2005, before the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe Systems, FontLab licensed the rights to continue developing Fontographer, alongside its higher end FontLab Studio product. The last updates from Macromedia at the time were versions 3.5.2 / 4.1 for Windows and 4.1.3 for Macintosh / Power Macintosh. Fontlab began immediately selling versions 4.1.4 for Macintosh and 4.1.5 for Windows. By November 2005, version 4.7 for Mac OS X was released. The last release to date from FontLab is version 5.2.3 in December 2013. The Mac version is 32-bit and is not supported by macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later.

## References

1. ↑ The key role of Fontographer in the font revolution by David Bergsland, *Fontographer: Practical Font Design for Graphic Designers*. Radiqx Press. 2011-09.
2. ↑ Software Review : Freehand Graphics Studio 7 for the Macintosh by Kathryn Lively, Compute Me!. Archived. 1997-03.
3. ↑ Macromedia Fontographer by J. Stewart Huey, Katharine Green, CleanGetaway Communications and Branding. 2009.
4. ↑ Macromedia Fontographer Support Center, Macromedia. Archived 2005-05-13.
5. ↑ Fontographer has a new home at Fontlab Ltd.!, FontLab. Archived 2005-05-10.
6. ↑ Fontographer 4.7 (Mac) & 4.1.5 (Win), FontLab. Archived 2005-11-24.
7. ↑ Fontographer (Windows). *Softpedia*. SoftNews (27 December 2013). Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
8. ↑ Fontographer (OSX). *Softpedia*. SoftNews (27 December 2013). Retrieved on 8 January 2014.

## See also

* Font-o-matic
* Metamorphosis

## External links

* Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 at Macromedia (archived 1996-10-27)
	+ Fontographer Designers Center support (archived 1997-04-06)
	+ Macromedia Fontographer Support Center (archived 2005-10-01)
* Fontographer 5 at FontLab
	+ FogLamp 1.0 / 2.0 Fontographer source file converter (archived 2005-11-19 / 2006-06-15)
* Altsys: small company with bit-time graphics impact by Cliff Lehman at MacWeek (1990-04-24, archived 2010-07-21)
* Interview with the FontMeister at BlogSpot (2006-05-31, archived 2011-07-08)
* Font Editor Tool History at *Design With FontForge*
* Fontographer at The Best of NeXT Computers
* Macromedia Fontographer at the Adobe Wiki
* Fontographer at the Apple Wiki
* Fontographer at the NeXT Wiki
* Fontographer at Wikipedia
RoboInfo

**RoboInfo**, later **Macromedia RoboInfo**, was a series of applications for publishing online documentation, such as policies and procedures, that were originally developed by eHelp Corporation, and then Macromedia.

## Version history

eHelp first released RoboInfo Enterprise in Spring 2001, which was followed by RoboInfo 2 in November 2001. RoboInfo 3.0 was released in early 2003.

On October 24, 2003, eHelp was acquired by Macromedia, which released Macromedia RoboInfo 5 (there is no version 4). In December 2005, Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems. Adobe continued marketing the product until late 2007, when it was replaced by Adobe RoboHelp 7.

## References

1. ↑ RoboInfo Enterprise, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2001-05-16.
2. ↑ RoboInfo (2.0), eHelp Corporation. Archived 2001-11-07.
3. ↑ RoboInfo, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2003-02-02.
4. ↑ Macromedia to acquire eHelp, ActionScript. 2003-10-24. Archived 2006-12-15.
5. ↑ RoboInfo Support Center, Adobe Systems. Archived 2006-05-19.
6. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
7. ↑ Got an HTTP 301 response at crawl time | Redirecting to..., Adobe Systems. Archived 2007-12-22.

## See also

* RoboHelp
* RoboDemo

## External links

* Macromedia RoboInfo 5 at Macromedia (archived 2004-01-24)
* Macromedia RoboInfo 5 at Adobe (archived 2006-05-07)
	+ RoboInfo Support Center (archived 2006-05-19)
	+ RoboInfo 5 to RoboHelp 7 upgrade at Adobe Support Community (2008-02-26)
* RoboInfo 5 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2004-03-21)
	+ RoboInfo 3.0 (archived 2003-02-02)
	+ RoboInfo 2.0/ Enterprise Edition 2.6 (archived 2001-11-07 / 2002-06-05)
	+ RoboInfo Enterprise (archived 2001-05-16)
* RoboInfo at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev Fireworks 3 Studio

**Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev Fireworks 3 Studio** is an early "Studio" software suite from Macromedia. It was offered as an upgrade to owners of Drumbeat and was superseded by UltraDev 4 Fireworks 4 Studio.

## Applications

* Macromedia Fireworks 3
* Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 1

## External links

* Dreamweaver UltraDev Fireworks 3 Studio at Macromedia (archived 2000-09-18)
* Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev Fireworks 3 Studio at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia User Conference 1996

The 7th annual **Macromedia International User Conference** (**UCON '96**) was held September 4 to 6, **1996** by Macromedia at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. The theme was "Shocking Your World". It had become one of the industry's fastest-growing trade shows with year-to-year growth of over 100%.

## Events

Keynote speakers included:

* Steve Case, CEO of America Online
* Guy Kawasaki, evangelist and fellow at Apple Computer
* Andy Grove, CEO of Intel
* John Doerr, general partner of Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield and Byers
* Norm Meyrowitz, senior VP of product development at Macromedia
* John Ludwig, VP of internet platform and tools at Microsoft
* Marc Andreessen, CTO of Netscape
* Eric Schmidt, CTO of Sun Microsystems

Macromedia Director was repositioned from CD-ROM development to a web development tool through the deployment of Shockwave. FutureSplash Animator, which would later become Macromedia Flash, also made its first appearance.

"People's Choice Awards" in 15 categories were awarded at the event for projects developed with Macromedia applications.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steve Case, CEO of America On-Line, joins stellar list of keynote speakers for 1996 Macromedia International User Conference, Macromedia. 1996-05-20. Archived 1999-08-19.
2. ↑ Events: 1996, Creative Perspectives. Accessed 2020-07-28.
3. ↑ Grove, Andreesen, Doerr, Schmidt, Siegelman, Colligan and Kawasaki To Set Agenda for Internet & Multimedia at 1996 Macromedia International User Conference, Macromedia. 1996-03-04. Archived 1999-08-19.
4. ↑ Learning lessons from a changing market by Pat McClellan, Director Online. 1998-10-13.
5. ↑ *Oceanen van creativiteit: 15 jaar multimedia (1990-2005)*, p.32 (Dutch) by Christel de Maeyer, Lannoo Uitgeverij. 2006.
6. ↑ Entries Sought for "People's Choice Awards" to be Selected at Macromedia International User Conference Scheduled for September 4 - 6, Macromedia. 1996-05-06. Archived 2000-03-03.

## External links

* UCON Live '96 at Macromedia (archived 1996-10-22)
Macromedia Flash 4 FreeHand 9 Studio

**Macromedia Flash 4 FreeHand 9 Studio** is a "Studio" software suite that was released by Macromedia in March 2000. It was superseded by Flash 5 FreeHand 9 Studio.

## Applications

* Macromedia Flash 4
* Macromedia FreeHand 9

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia introduces FreeHand 9, Macromedia. 2000-02-07. Archived 2000-02-29.

## External links

* Flash 4 FreeHand 9 Studio at Adobe (archived 2000-08-16)
* Macromedia Flash 4 FreeHand 9 Studio at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Extreme 3D 2

**Macromedia Extreme 3D 2** was the second (and last) major version of the Extreme 3D modeling, animation, and rendering application developed and marketed by Macromedia.

Extreme 3D 2 was supposed to have been included with Macromedia FreeHand Graphics Studio 7 in October 1996. However development was behind schedule and the suite shipped initially shipped with version 1. The newer version was added later when it became available on December 16, 1996. Macromedia discontinued stand-alone sales of Extreme 3D 2 in 1998 with "no plans to develop future versions".

## New features

* Web-ready output to VRML, GIF, progressive JPEG, and xRes, with support for the Shockwave Imaging browser plug-in
* Metaform tool for creating complex organic forms
* Particle tool for smoke, fire, and bubble effects
* "Xtras" plug-in architecture to add support for file formats and material/light shaders
* Transparency in shadows
* QuickDraw 3D and Direct 3D Support

## References

1. ↑ Announcing Extreme 3D 2, Macromedia. Archived 1996-10-27.
2. ↑ Macromedia Ships Extreme 3D 2, Macromedia. 1996-12-16. Archived 2000-02-29.
3. ↑ Short Take: Macromedia ships Extreme 3D 2, CNET. 1996-12-17.
4. ↑ Extreme 3D is no longer being offered, Macromedia. Archived 1998-12-05.

## External links

* Macromedia Extreme 3D 2 at Macromedia (archived 1997-03-29)
* Macromedia Extreme 3D 2 at the Adobe Wiki
WYSIWYG

**WYSIWYG** is an acronym for **W**hat You **S**ee **I**s **W**hat **Y**ou **G**et. This is used to describe any system in which content displayed during editing appears very similar to the final output, which might be a printed document, web page or slide presentation.

## External links

* WYSIWYG at the Adobe Wiki
* WYSIWYG at Wikipedia
Macromedia Extension Manager 8

**Macromedia Extension Manager MX 8** (1.7) is a version of Macromedia's Extension Manager utility that was included with Macromedia Studio 8.

## Supported products

Extension Manager 1.7 supported the following applications:

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 or Dreamweaver MX 2004
* Macromedia Fireworks 8 or Fireworks MX 2004
* Macromedia Flash Professional 8, or Flash MX 2004

## External links

* Download the Adobe Extension Manager (1.7) at Adobe
	+ Macromedia Extension Manager 1.7 release notes (archived 2006-08-12)
* Macromedia Extension Manager 8 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio

**Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio** is an early "Studio" software suite that was released by Macromedia on November 27, 2000. It succeeded Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio, and was replaced by Macromedia Studio MX in 2002. An advanced version of Dreamweaver 4 was included with Macromedia UltraDev 4 Fireworks 4 Studio.

## Applications

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 4
* Macromedia Fireworks 4

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio now available. 2000-11-27. Archived 2001-01-23.
2. ↑ Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio, Macromedia. Archived 2002-04-02

## External links

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio at Macromedia (archived 2000-12-17, 2002-02-02)
* Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio at the Adobe Wiki
San Jose

The **City of San José**, also known as the "Capital of Silicon Valley", is a major city about 45 miles (72 km) southeast of the San Francisco, California, where Macromedia was headquartered. San Jose is home to many other technology companies, such as Adobe.

## Statistics

With an estimated population of 1,030,119 as of 2018, San Jose is the 3rd most populous city in the state of California and the 10th most populous city in the United States.

## References

1. ↑ U.S. Census website. U.S. Census Bureau.

## External links

* City of San Jose official website
* Visit Jan Jose by the San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau
* San Jose at the Adobe Wiki
* San Jose at the Apple Wiki
* San Jose, California at Wikipedia
RoboHELP Office 7

**RoboHELP Office 7** was the fifth major version of the RoboHelp Office suite, released by Blue Sky Software in October 1998 for business users of RoboHELP 7. A Special Edition package was available for early adopters. It superseded RoboHELP Office 6 and was succeeded by RoboHELP Office 2000.

## References

1. ↑ Major New Version 7 - Over 120 New Features & Shortcuts! by Blue Sky Software, *InfoWorld*. 1998-10-26.

## External links

* RoboHELP Office Version 7.0/ Special Edition at Blue Sky Software (archived 1999-02-09 / 1998-12-02)
* RoboHELP Office 7 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia FreeHand 9

**Macromedia FreeHand 9** is the ninth major version of FreeHand, announced by Macromedia on February 7, 2000 and released the following month.

It was also included in the following suites:

* Macromedia Flash 4 FreeHand 9 Studio
* Macromedia Flash 5 FreeHand 9 Studio
* Macromedia Web Design Studio

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia introduces FreeHand 9, Macromedia. 2000-02-07. Archived 2000-02-29.

## External links

* Macromedia FreeHand 9 at Macromedia (archived 2000-08-15)
	+ Macromedia Introduces FreeHand 9 (archived 2000-02-29)
	+ Flash 4 FreeHand 9 Studio (archived 2000-08-16)
* FreeHand Support Center Downloads : Updaters at AdobeSource (archived 2000-12-09)
* Macromedia FreeHand 9 at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Macromedia FreeHand 9 by Ian Kelleigh at The FreeHand
RoboDemo 2

**RoboDemo 2.0** was the first version of the RoboDemo screen capture and presentation application to be released by eHelp Corporation in May 2002. It was based on the **Professional Edition** of Flash Cam, which had originally been developed by Nexus Concepts.

## References

1. ↑ Flash Cam, Nexus Concepts. 2002-05-20. Archived 2002-06-03.

## See also

* RoboHelp 2002
* RoboInfo 2

## External links

* RoboDemo (2.0) at eHelp Corporation (archived 2002-05-07)
* RoboDemo 2 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio

**Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio** is an early "Studio" software suite that was released by Macromedia on December 9, 1999.

The suite succeeded Dreamweaver 2 Fireworks 2 Studio, and was superseded by Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio. A more advanced version of Dreamweaver 3 was included with Dreamweaver UltraDev Fireworks 3 Studio.

## Applications

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 3
* Macromedia Fireworks 3

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia ships Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio, Macromedia. 1999-12-09. Archived 2000-02-29.

## External links

* Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio at Macromedia (archived 2000-08-16, 2001-12-17)
* Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia FreeHand 7

**Macromedia FreeHand 7** is the seventh major version of FreeHand, released in 1996 by Macromedia. It was also bundled into FreeHand Graphics Studio 7.

## Development

The program was initially in development and entered beta testing as **FreeHand 6**. However, it was renumbered to 7.0 by release. The final public release was version 7.0.2.

## Backwards compatibility

FreeHand 7 can open files from Adobe Illustrator 1.1 or later, and Aldus FreeHand 3 or later. An older version of FreeHand is required to convert files from FreeHand 2 or earlier.

## References

1. ↑ Software Review : Freehand Graphics Studio 7 for the Macintosh by Kathryn Lively, Compute Me!. Archived. 1997-03.
2. ↑ FreeHand 7 System Requirements, Macromedia. Archived 1996-10-27.

## External links

* Macromedia FreeHand 7 at Macromedia (archived 1996-10-27)
	+ FreeHand Designers Center support (archived 1997-03-29)
* Macromedia FreeHand 7 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Drumbeat 2000

**Macromedia Drumbeat 2000** was a web development environment that allowed users to build data-driven web applications through a visual drag-and-drop interface.

## Product history

Drumbeat 1.0 originated in 1997 from Elemental Software in Carlsbad, California.

Drumbeat 2.0 shipped on June 2, 1998. An early corporate customer was Hewlett-Packard which bundled Drumbeat 2.0 with their HP NetServer line.

Drumbeat 2000 shipped in March 1999. Elemental followed up with **eStore Builder for Drumbeat 2000** to support the growing market of internet retailers.

### Acquisition and discontinuation

On July 6, 1999, Elemental entered into an agreement to be acquired by Macromedia within 45 days in exchange for 625,000 shares of Macromedia stock worth approximately US$24 million. Macromedia bundled Drumbeat 2000 with eStore Builder in an **eCommerce Edition** that was released on September 1, 1999.

On May 8, 2000, Macromedia announced that a new product, Dreamweaver UltraDev, would become a replacement product for Drumbeat 2000.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elemental Software Ships Drumbeat 2000, *Information Today* vol.16, no.3. 1999-03.
2. ↑ Elemental Software ships Drumbeat 2.0, MacTech. 1998-06-02.
3. ↑ HP Bundles Elemental Software's Drumbeat 2.0 With Netserver Line, *Enterprise Systems Journal* vol.16, no.3. 1998-07-15.
4. ↑ E-Commerce, No Coding by Gary Gunnerson, *PC Magazine*. 1999-07.
5. ↑ Macromedia - Drumbeat FAQ, *Information Today* vol.16, no.3. 1999-03.
6. ↑ Macromedia buys Elemental Software, CNET. 2002-01-02.
7. ↑ Drumbeat 2000 rolls out e-commerce capability in a hurry by Steve Graves, *Government Computer News*. 2000-05-10.
8. ↑ Macromedia ships Drumbeat 2000, Macromedia. 1999-09-01. Archived 1999-11-27.
9. ↑ Macromedia introduces Dreamweaver UltraDev, Macromedia. 2000-05-08. Archived 2000-06-19.

## External links

* Macromedia Drumbeat 2000 at Macromedia (archived 1999-10-09, 2000-08-15)
* Drumbeat/ 2000 at Elemental Software (archived 1998-12-02 / 1999-09-22)
* Macromedia Drumbeat 2000 at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* The Drumbeat 2000 & Macromedia Saga by Rick Curtis at Princeton University (2000)
* Drumbeat users beaten as Macromedia discontinues product and tech support by Ed Foster at *InfoWorld* (2000-05-22)
* Elemental Software Pounds Out Another Edition of Drumbeat by Scott R. Garrigus at Web Review (1999-03-19)
* Drumbeat adds polish by James R. Borck at *InfoWorld* (1999-02-08)
* A Review of Drumbeat - a product by Elemental Software by Steven Wynkoop at Database Journal (1998-09-01)
* Creating Dynamic Web Pages with Drumbeat by Wes Thomas at Web Review (1998-02-27)
RoboHelp 9

*Not to be confused with Adobe RoboHelp 9, released in 2011.*

**RoboHelp 9**, previously stylized as **RoboHELP 9**, was the 9th major version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released by eHelp Corporation in 2000.

## Editions

* RoboHelp Office 9
* RoboHelp Enterprise 9
* RoboHelp for Microsoft HTML Help 9
* RoboHelp for WinHelp 9
* RoboHelp Help Survival Pack

## References

1. ↑ RoboHELP Shop, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2000-08-24.

## External links

* RoboHelp Office (9) at eHelp Corporation (archived 2001-05-16)
	+ RoboHelp Community (archived 2001-01-24)
* RoboHelp 9 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia MAX 2003

**Macromedia MAX 2003** is the first conference for creative users and developers to be held by Macromedia from November 18 to 21, 2003 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was also host to the first annual MAX Awards.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia announces MAX Conference, MAX Awards by Dennis Sellers, *Macworld*. 2003-09-21.

## External links

* Macromedia MAX 2003 at Macromedia (archived 2003-10-02, 2003-06-02)
* Macromedia MAX 2003 at the Adobe Wiki
Microsoft

**Microsoft** is the developer and publisher of the Microsoft Windows operating system, one of the primary platforms upon which Macromedia's applications were released. Microsoft's current CEO is Satya Nadella, who succeeded Steve Ballmer in 2014.

## History

Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop a BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800.

### Macromedia and Microsoft

In September 2001, Macromedia collaborated with Microsoft to include Flash Player with all versions of Windows XP as well as Windows CE. By February 2002, Macromedia and Microsoft announced an agreement to provide support for Flash-based content on the Microsoft TV platform.

When Macromedia was acquired by rival developer Adobe Systems in December 2005, Bruce Chizen, the CEO of Adobe at the time, stated that it was "all about growth." However, the deal was also a defensive maneuver against Microsoft's influence, with Chizen saying, "They have a $40 billion monopoly with unlimited resources, I'll never not worry about them."

## References

1. ↑ Microsoft to Deliver Macromedia Flash Player 5 With Windows XP, Microsoft. 2001-09-11.
2. ↑ Microsoft and Macromedia Team to Help OEMs Bring Macromedia Flash Player to Their Windows CE-Based Smart Devices, Microsoft. 2001-09-25.
3. ↑ Microsoft and Macromedia to Extend Macromedia Flash Support For iTV Developers, Microsoft. 2002-02-05.
4. ↑ Adobe's Deal for Macromedia May Help It Fend Off Microsoft by Laurie J. Flynn, *The New York Times*. 2005-12-12.

## External links

* Microsoft official site
* Microsoft official Twitter
* Microsoft at the Adobe Wiki
* Microsoft at the Apple Wiki
* Microsoft at the Microsoft Wiki
* Microsoft at Wikipedia
Macromedia Extension Manager 1

**Macromedia Extension Manager 1.x** was a utility that was developed by Macromedia to manage extensions for its software applications.

## Product history

Extension Manager 1.0 originally supported extensions for Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 that were downloaded through Macromedia Exchange, which was launched in April 2000. Files to be installed were prepared as Macromedia Extension Installation (.mxi) files packaged into a Macromedia Extension Package (.mxp).

* **Extension Manager 1.1** added support for Dreamweaver UltraDev 1.
* **Extension Manager 1.2** added support for Flash 5.
* **Extension Manager 1.3** fixed a bug that could allow an installed extension to damage menus.
* **Extension Manager 1.4** added support for Flash MX and Mac OS X.
* **Extension Manager MX** (**1.5**) supported apps from Macromedia Studio MX.
* **Extension Manager MX 2004** (**1.6**) supported apps from Macromedia Studio MX 2004.
* **Extension Manager 8** (**1.7**) supported apps from Macromedia Studio 8.

Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005. The utility was renamed Adobe Extension Manager and its functionality was expanded to support Creative Suite applications. The .mxp package format was superseded by Adobe Zip Format Extension Package (.zxp) in CS5.5.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia unites family of products with new extensions, Macromedia. 2000-10-25. Archived 2001-02-11.
2. ↑ Installing Extensions and Components by James English, *Macromedia Flash 8: Training from the Source*. 2004.
3. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
4. ↑ What Is a ZXP File? by Tim Fisher, Lifewire. 2019-09-22.

## External links

* Macromedia Extension Manager release notes at Macromedia (Archived 2006-04-15)
	+ Macromedia Extension Manager 1.6 release notes (archived 2003-09-19)
	+ Macromedia Extension Manager 1.5 release notes (archived 2002-08-11)
	+ Macromedia Extension Manager 1.4 release notes (archived 2002-03-21)
	+ Macromedia Extension Manager 1.3 release notes (archived 2002-01-24)
	+ Macromedia Extension Manager 1.2 release notes (archived 2001-01-24)
	+ Macromedia Exchange for Dreamweaver (archived 2000-05-10, 2000-08-15)
* Downloading and installing extensions with the Extension Manager at Adobe (2016-01-22)
	+ Macromedia Extension Manager 1.7 release notes (archived 2006-08-12)
	+ General MXI elements (2017-10-23)
* Macromedia Extension Manager 1 at the Adobe Wiki
United States

The **United States of America** (**USA**), commonly known as the **United States** (**U.S.** or **US**) or **America**, is the country where Macromedia was founded and headquartered.

## Statistics

The United States consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2), it is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area, depending on the inclusion of coastal and territorial waters.

Most of the mainland United States is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico. With an estimated population of over 329 million, the U.S. is the third most populous country in the world. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous U.S. state is California, where Macromedia (now Adobe) is based.

## References

1. ↑ U.S. State Department, Common Core Document to U.N. Committee on Human Rights, December 30, 2011, Item 22, 27, 80. And U.S. General Accounting Office Report, U.S. Insular Areas: application of the U.S. Constitution, November 1997, pp. 1, 6, 39n. Both viewed April 6, 2016.
2. ↑ China. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on January 31, 2010.
3. ↑ United States. Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved on January 31, 2010.
4. ↑ United States. *The World Factbook*. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved on June 10, 2016.
5. ↑ China. *The World Factbook*. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved on June 10, 2016.
6. ↑ Baker-Hamilton building by, Adobe Blogs. 2007-02-25. Archived 2009-12-25.
7. ↑ Adobe Office – 410 Townsend San Francisco by David Wakely and Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, Office Snapshots. 2014-05-15.

## External links

* U.S. Government Services and Information official portal
* Atlas of the United States at Wikimedia Commons
* United States at the Adobe Wiki
* United States at the Apple Wiki
* United States at Wikipedia
Macromedia Flash 5 FreeHand 10 Studio

**Macromedia Flash 5 FreeHand 10 Studio** is a "Studio" software suite from Macromedia. It succeeded Flash 5 FreeHand 9 Studio and was also integrated with other applications into Macromedia Web Design Studio 4.

## Applications

* Macromedia Flash 5
* Macromedia FreeHand 10

## External links

* Macromedia Flash 5 FreeHand 10 Studio at Macromedia (archived 2001-04-13)
* Macromedia Flash 5 FreeHand 10 Studio at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia RoboHelp Office Pro X5

**Macromedia RoboHelp Office Pro X5** was a version of the RoboHelp Office Pro server software that was distributed by Macromedia. There was also a version for Microsoft's .NET framework.

## Product history

eHelp Corporation developed and released predecessors RoboHelp Enterprise X3 and Office Pro X4. eHelp was acquired by Macromedia on October 24, 2003. RoboHelp X5 was released by Macromedia in January 2004.

In December 2005, Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems, which continued development and released Adobe RoboHelp Server 6 in February 2007.

## References

1. ↑ RoboHelp Enterprise X3, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2002-10-17.
2. ↑ RoboHelp Office Pro X4, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2003-10-02.
3. ↑ Macromedia to acquire eHelp, ActionScript. 2003-10-24. Archived 2006-12-15.
4. ↑ Macromedia plugs RoboHelp X5 by John K. Waters, *Application Development Trends Magazine*. 2004-01-27.
5. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
6. ↑ Pre-order RoboHelp Server 6 now, Adobe Systems. Archived 2007-02-11.
7. ↑ Get RoboHelp Server 6 now, Adobe Systems. Archived 2007-02-19.

## External links

* RoboHelp Office Pro (X5) and Office Pro for .NET at Macromedia (archived 2004-02-03)
* RoboHelp Office Pro (X5) and Office Pro for .NET at Adobe (archived 2006-06-28)
* Macromedia RoboHelp Office Pro X5 - media specs at CNET
	+ Macromedia RoboHelp Office Pro X5 for .NET - media specs
* Macromedia RoboHelp Office Pro X5 at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHELP 7

*Not to be confused with Adobe RoboHelp 7, released in 2007.*

**RoboHELP 7.0**, also known as **RoboHELP Classic 7.0**, was the 7th major version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released by Blue Sky Software. It became available in October 1998 in a "Special Edition" package for early adopters of RoboHELP Office 7.

## Editions

* RoboHELP Office 7 (includes both of the following)
	+ RoboHELP 7 Classic
	+ RoboHELP 7 HTML Edition

## References

1. ↑ Major New Version 7 - Over 120 New Features & Shortcuts! by Blue Sky Software, *InfoWorld*. 1998-10-26.

## External links

* RoboHELP Office Version 7.0/ Special Edition at Blue Sky Software (archived 1999-02-09 / 1998-12-02)
	+ RoboHELP Classic and HTML Edition (archived 1999-02-10)
* RoboHELP 7 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Director MX 2004

**Macromedia Director MX 2004** was the tenth major version of the Director series of multimedia authoring environments. It was also the last version produced by Macromedia before being acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005.

Though Director MX 2004 offered tight integration with other applications in Macromedia Studio MX 2004, it was not included as part of the suite itself as Flash MX 2004 was the more popular web authoring environment. It was superseded by Adobe Director 11 in March 2008.

## Product history

**Version 10.0** was released on February 12, 2004. New features included support for DVD video, addition of JavaScript syntax alongside Lingo scripting, improved performance, and expanded media support.

**Version 10.1** was released in September 2004. Memory leaks were fixed to improve stability. Run-time projectors for Mac OS 9 could be produced from the Windows version. Compression of media was also improved for projector playback.

### Legacy activation

Adobe Systems, which had acquired Macromedia in December 2005, disabled the activation server for legacy Macromedia products on December 15, 2012. Users who wish to activate Director MX 2004 after this date will need to follow this procedure.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
2. ↑ Director MX 2004 / Features, Macromedia. Archived 2004-06-03.
3. ↑ Director MX 2004 Release Notes / Fixes and Improvements for Director MX 2004 Update, version 10.1, Macromedia. Archived 2004-09-21.
4. ↑ Activation error | Macromedia branded products, Adobe Systems. Archived 2013-10-10.

## External links

* Macromedia Director MX 2004 at Macromedia (archived 2004-01-13)
	+ Director MX 2004 Update (version 10.1) (archived 2004-09-17)
* Macromedia Director MX 2004 at Adobe (archived 2006-05-02)
	+ Error: Unable to activate | Macromedia products
* Macromedia Director MX 2004 at the Adobe Wiki