Programmatically switching Flash apps to full screen mode in a browser is not allowed. Imagine what would happen if Flash apps on a site you browse to could go full screen without your permission.
One way you can approximate this behavior is to determine the size of the display inside your Flash app and then set your app to that size. For instance, in Strobe Media Player you might add something like:
if (configuration.startMaximized){
mainContainer.width = _stage.fullScreenWidth;
mainContainer.height = _stage.fullScreenHeight;
} else {
mainContainer.width = _stage.stageWidth;
mainContainer.height = _stage.stageHeight;
}
However, this only set the size of the Flash app. You also have to define with size of the app when it is instantiated on a web page. Finally, you have to run a browser in kiosk mode so it will display the web page and nothing else. I've tested chrome kiosk mode in Linux and it works fine; cannot speak for Windows and OSX.
If your Flash player includes code such as the above example and you instantiate the .swf alone on an html page with a size of 1920x1200, for example, and you run the browser in kiosk mode, you will see your Flash app appear to be full screen on any display that is 1920x1200 or smaller.
This may or may not fit your application, but it is the best way I have found to approximate full screen programmatically.
Tim Baldwin
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