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theone01 · 24-05-2007, 15:20

Hello,

I am new to designer talk.
Cool website!

Can someone help me I need to edit text with in a swf file.
What software do I need to make these changes?

Thank you for your help.

Do Gooder · 24-05-2007, 15:22

not been funny, but can't you use flash?

welcome anyhow!

herkalees · 24-05-2007, 15:27

A .swf file is to a .fla file, what a .jpg file is to a .psd file.

In an easier-to-read summary: you'll either need some sort of .swf decompiler, or understand that you simply cannot edit a .swf... unless you also have the .fla that was used to create it.

copyleft · 29-05-2007, 11:34

there are a few ways to do this
swf is a compiled fla file you would need a decompiler to extract the object , the bad thing about this is after you decompile the naming scheme of all the files/layers is stripped and it is hard to determine what everything is.

Programs to decompile and convert swf:
sothinks SWF decompiler will convert most AS1&AS2 Swf files to a FLA
there are a few opensource options flasm/flare there command line and mostly extract actionscript from the files.

d*d · 29-05-2007, 11:47

why can't you get access to the original .fla (are you trying to amend someone else's work without them knowing? now be honest)

hawken · 29-05-2007, 12:18

if the swf is unprotected, you can still get it back into flash. although exporting it again is an entirely different matter.

vannova · 13-06-2007, 06:22

sothinks SWF decompiler can convert .swf to fla

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theone01 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1	What Software Do I need to edit SWF Files? Hello, I am new to designer talk. Cool website! Can someone help me I need to edit text with in a swf file. What software do I need to make these changes? Thank you for your help.

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hawken Cornish Pasty Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 2,707	if the swf is unprotected, you can still get it back into flash. although exporting it again is an entirely different matter. __________________ my blog & portfolio sexy combined package

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Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,481	not been funny, but can't you use flash? welcome anyhow!

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herkalees Semantics, yay. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Salem, Massachusetts Posts: 1,128	A .swf file is to a .fla file, what a .jpg file is to a .psd file. In an easier-to-read summary: you'll either need some sort of .swf decompiler, or understand that you simply cannot edit a .swf... unless you also have the .fla that was used to create it.

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copyleft Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 17	there are a few ways to do this swf is a compiled fla file you would need a decompiler to extract the object , the bad thing about this is after you decompile the naming scheme of all the files/layers is stripped and it is hard to determine what everything is. Programs to decompile and convert swf: sothinks SWF decompiler will convert most AS1&AS2 Swf files to a FLA there are a few opensource options flasm/flare there command line and mostly extract actionscript from the files.

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d*d Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 3,299	why can't you get access to the original .fla (are you trying to amend someone else's work without them knowing? now be honest)

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