It seems as though these instructions aren’t working as intended. Can someone please check them and post corrected instructions?

They work perfectly on Flash 7.2 english

They are working now... I’ve added a note to the instructions to clarify

Edited to work in OSX

The original instructions for this tutorial are from Luminicbox

1. Copy the file default.xml to a new file called flash8.xml in the directory C:\Documents and Settings\[UserID]\Local Settings\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\en\Configuration\Publish Profiles

([your hard drive]:Users:[username]:Library:Application Support:Macromedia:Flash MX 2004:en:Configuration:Publish Profiles on OSX)

1. Open flash8.xml with a text editor
2. In the tag <flash_profile> change the value of name to Flash 8 (Should be on line 2)
3. Look for the tag <version> and change the value from 7 to 8 (Should be near line 64)
4. Save the file
5. Restart Flash
6. Create a new file and add the following code to the first frame

// create textfield
this.createTextField("txtField", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 300, 100);
txtField.html = true;
txtField.htmlText = "<font size='60'>Hello World!</font>";
txtField.textColor = 0x0055CC;
// set new antialias mode
txtField.antiAliasType = flash.text.TextRenderer.AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
// create shadow filter
var dropShadow = new flash.filters.DropShadowFilter();
dropShadow.blurX = 5;
dropShadow.blurY = 5;
dropShadow.distance = 3;
dropShadow.angle = 35;
dropShadow.quality = 2;
dropShadow.alpha = 0.5;
// apply shadow filter
txtField.filters = [dropShadow];

1. Open the Publish Settings window (CTRL+SHIFT+F12)
2. Import the profile created (flash8.xml) and accept the changes (OK)
3. Export or Publish your file and open it in the browser you have installed the Flash 8 Player Beta in.

A note: The Flash tab of the Publish Settings window will say Flash Player 8 in the Version drop box. Do not change this drop down, or you will have to re-import the profile

Another note: you don’t need to navigate to the directories mentioned above. Click the Publish Settings Import Export button and export default.xml to your desktop then make the changes and rename to Flash8.xml. Then import via the same button in Flash 7