Great application, comparable to Flash Decompiler trillix if not even better. Good to have a play around with what is inside all those SWF files even if you are not a developer. I was using the past version offered here before and it's a great piece of software.

You can start by extracting videos, audio files and images embedded inside flash files as well as vector images and action script. Converting SWF to FLA is also attainable, not always successful but can usually be used even as training material.

There is a learning curve to this application but it's very rewarding and a fantastic product for free and even good at the the regular pricing.

The previous version crashed when exporting text from files so I'm rather glad this update came along.

anton  –  16 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+38)

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@Joji #4

> 4.So what exactly does this do? I don’t get it…

Good question, Joji! The use of the term "decompiler" may be a bit confusing, especially for someone who mostly uses it in a programming context ("compiler" as opposed to "interpreter", e.g. C++ vs. Basic).
Perhaps "decomposer" would be less confusing.

As far as I understand it this program decomposes a flash movie into it's various elements, i.e. pictureframes, soundtrack(s), text etc... all of which, when compiled/composed/put together, give the resulting movie.

I have to admit though that this explanation is pure guesswork on my part, so I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong or incomplete ;-)

Shinerunner #4's "now if I could just find a free compiler I would be happy" seems to indirectly support my explanation. Having both a decompiler and a compiler would make it possible to compose really fun stuff from a collection of elements "ripped" from different movies. For creative people that may be the equivalent of "heavan on earth" ;-)
So, Shinerunner, submit your request to GOTD in the section dealing with this.

Greetz.
Pat

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Patrick  –  16 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+25)

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@Patrick #10, Joji #4 and john connor #8:
Right - and SWF file is the compiled flash movie and an FLA is the uncompiled elements that are used to make the movie. A lot like pulling the source code from an executable.

Why would anyone want this? Well it can provide many elements from the original Flash movie that Flash developers or website designers can use. This includes the actual vector images, regular JPG or BMP images, sounds, fonts used, and (for the more technically inclined) the raw action script code which can then be modified or used in your own flash movies. If you've ever had a SWF banner or website element that plays a slideshow and wanted one of the images from it, this would let you grab that raw image rather than having to use a screen capture of the compressed/resized image for instance.

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My 2 cents is that if you don't know what the software does then you likely don't need it. If you do know what this does, then I would recommend it as it does a great job of restoring your projects from the SWF if you happened to have lost your project itself.

A FLA is the Flash project extension, sort of like PPT is a PowerPoint extension (my apologies for those that use OpenOffice instead, like I do at home where I have no need for Impress so I'm not familiar with the extension). When you open the PPT file, PowerPoint opens. For comparison purposes only, let's call PowerPoint the "Project creator/editor". Adobe Flash is the FLA "creator/editor".

Flash has various versions (Flash 6/MX 2004/8/CS3/CS4 being discussed here). Think of those as Office 2000/2003/2007 (or OOo2 versus OOo3). Either way, it ultimately will prodcude a SWF file which is a "compiled" version of the project (perhaps equate it to the .jar or .jad files a JAVA program produces? I'm not a Java developer so hopefully this is close to accurate). A SWF, in the most basic sense, can either be an animation or an actual application. ActionScript (AS) is the coding that makes it work and the current version is AS3.

Flex is yet another development environment used to produce SWF files.

When "decompiling" the SWF, it can produce the FLA (the project) and all resources used in the development, such as the ActionScript, images and videos.

FLV is a video (like MOV, AVI, MP4) and as such is not "decompilable" as far as I know.

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More questions:
> It can easily decompile SWF to FLA and FLEX projects. Not only supports AS3, this Flash decompiler also supports Flash 6/MX 2004/8/CS3/CS4 and FLEX. (...) ActionScript. (from developer's desciption above)

HELP!!
I'm getting lost in this world of acronyms, I'm drowning in an ocean of letterwords. Not just in this citation but everywhere I look.
The number of filename extensions e.g. is maddening. It looks as if "standard" and "standardization" has become meaningless, however many organizations, committees or expert studygroups there are. But this is not really "our" problem here, is it.

Still: does there exist, in today's (electronic, internet-) universe, a (regularly updated) lexicon/dictionary of acronyms? Alphabetically ordered or by subject/field of expertise, whatever, ideally multilingual (this is really asking too much!) and preferably free of charge?

To the point...
What is (the meaning of):
- SWF (ShockWave Flash, OK, but what does it mean?)
- FLA
- AS3
- Flash 6/MX 2004/8/CS3/CS4 (Flash video formats I presume)
- FLEX (a FLEX project)
- ActionScript

Where does Adobe and other flash video (-formats) fit in the picture here?

Now, I've been googling "FLEX project" and haven't gotten any wiser from it.

Would some kind soul show me the way/put me on the right track to some of all this "stuff"? Please?

What's the use of great software if I don't understand what it is all about? The developers tutorial pages have given me some idea, but no "insight" :(

Thanks for any helpful info or "pointers" to it!
Patrick


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