Contents of a Flash file

Hi
First I need to say that I am not used to flash, so it might be a fairly simple question.
I've received some FLAs to translate and a structured folder with some SWFs inside for reference. The SWF files shows a rich dinamic presentation but the FLAs are like empty. I checked "Scenes" and they have just one with a blank canvas and no layers or timeline (one blank keyframe actually), I found some graphics under "Symbols" and at the library but I can't find the backbone of this project. Is there any other instance where flash contentes can be located?
Thanks

You could try the search tool to find the text. This will only work if the text in the movie is still set to be textfields.
1. Open one of the .fla files. Select the main stage window, but do not select anything in the window.
2. From the Edit menu select "Find and Replace...". This will open a new window.
3. In the Find section type in one or more words that you are looking for. If you don't have any of the text that you need to find, just look for "A" or "the".
4. Hit the Find All button at the bottom of the window.
5. If that text is anywhere in that movie, you will get its location in the Results section of the window.
6. Double click on any of the results. That object will be shown to you.
This might give you a useful result or not. If you get something you might be able to figure out where the text is hiding.

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