Re: [Swftools-common] Importing SWF into Flash 7

[Chris Flowers]

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From: "phonosynthese" <address@hidden>
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Subject: [Swftools-common] Importing SWF into Flash 7


> hi there,
> 
> first, i'd like to thank the developer for writing
> swftools! it fills up a huge gap which macromedia
> obviously left open!
> 
> unfortunately i encountered some problems:
> 
> i converted a bunch of transparent pngs to swfs
> successfully (png2swf). now i'd like to combine
> these swfs into one single swf (it's an animation
> sequence). now the issue:
> 
> when importing swf files created by swfcombine or
> swfc into flash (pro mx 2004) the images show up
> in the library but the corresponding movieclip
> doesn't show the images in its timeline although
> key frames are set.
> 
> i've tried several options of swfcombine and to
> do a 'manual' combine script with swfc but with
> no success. are the swf files 100% flash compatible
> in means of reimporting them into the flash ide?
> 
> thanks in advance for any hints
> jan
> 
> 
> 
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Flash has a long history of poor swf importing.
I usual write an .sc script file like the one below. This example
would not be the best if you need it to stream because I embed
all the swfs upfront before placing them on the timeline. You could
alter it to suite your needs them compile it with swfc.exe

# 
# frames.sc
# 
.flash bbox=800x533 fps=30 version=6 compress background=#FFFFFF
 
# embed all frame swfs to script
 .swf s1 "frame1.swf"
 .swf s2 "frame2.swf"
 .swf s3 "frame3.swf"
 .swf s4 "frame4.swf"
 .swf s5 "frame5.swf"

# put each swf into a frame
 
 .frame 1
 .put s1 0 0
 
 .frame 2
 .del s1
 .put s2 0 0
 
 .frame 3
 .del s2
 .put s3 0 0
 
 .frame 4
 .del s3
 .put s4 0 0
 
 .frame 5
 .del s4
 .put s5 0 0
 .action: stop(); .end

.end