Flash Presentation Layer with Java Server
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Background
- .fla files are Adobe Flash studio source (binary). No editors to read these files except the $500 Studio
- .swf files are deployable binary files , can be generated from a variety of sources.
SWF files consist of actionscript and resources (e.g. images). This can be decompiled for use by the Editing tools below.
Flash Editing Tools (Open Source)
- Eclipse Flash Plugins
- FlashDevelop - .Net based flash development tool
- SWF Tools - SWF decompilation tools (no actionscript)
- Command line based, SWFExtract and SWFDump are the main ones used.
- Sample SWFExtract Usage
rem Get the available objects and frames swfextract myflash.swf rem extract single frame swfextract -i 0 myflash.swf
- Flare - SWF decompilation (actionscript only)
- Context Menu based (i.e. Right click and choose decompile)
- XRay Flash Debugging Tool
Flash Editing Tools (Adobe)
Adobe has it's own editing file format - all these approaches have in common is the standard .swf output (scalable vector graphics in the browser)
- Flex (Flash for Programmers). Built on Eclipse , probably better to use the standalone version , as the plugin version has been known to mess up previous Eclipse installs.
- Flash C3 (Flash for Graphic Designers)
Flash Generation Tools (Alternatives)
- Open Lazlo
- OpenOffice (save files as flash)
