Empty SWF Files

I have published several Captivate 2 projects as tutorials on
a web page, and they have worked fine. I recently (Friday)
installed Acrobat 8 on my pc, and today, when I attempted to
republish a project that I had made some changes to, the Captivate
created the .htm file just fine, and then went through the process
to create the .swf. However, the .swf file was empty. I have
uninstalled Acrobat 8 and restarted my pc, but the trouble
persists. Has anyone had this experience? What caused it, and how
did you fix it? I am publishing to Flash (SWF), writing the files
to local drive; I have "Export HTML" checked (and no other output
option checkboxes) and have tried separately with Flash 6, 7, and
8.
In addition to installing (the subsequently un-installed)
Acrobat 8 on Friday, I had also installed Ad-Aware and Spybot
(actually, our support group did this). Would either of these
applications affect the generation of the .swf files? I'm getting
pretty panicked about now. -- Thanks, Linda

We discovered that the windows ftp program used to upload the files messed them up. Probably transfer as text or something.

Similar Messages

  • Perf: Having 60 instances of almost empty .swf file - in IE 7 - lead to CPU perf problems

    Hello there,
    I have an almost empty swf file (it had controls but in the
    process of debugging we stripped them out) no code. I am playing 60
    instances of it in my web page.
    in IE 7 (and WindowsXP/server) the CPU utilization (open task
    manager) - goes to 20% and STAYS THERE. (which is really bad,
    because the page is idel - nothing is happening and the machine
    perf goes doen)
    Is this a known issue? - Is there anything in the settings I
    can change?
    Cheers
    -Maged

    Hello there,
    I have an almost empty swf file (it had controls but in the
    process of debugging we stripped them out) no code. I am playing 60
    instances of it in my web page.
    in IE 7 (and WindowsXP/server) the CPU utilization (open task
    manager) - goes to 20% and STAYS THERE. (which is really bad,
    because the page is idel - nothing is happening and the machine
    perf goes doen)
    Is this a known issue? - Is there anything in the settings I
    can change?
    Cheers
    -Maged

  • Need to reference controls in an Empty swf file ?

    The current beta 2 of FABridge requires you to reference any
    Flash controls you might want to create dynamically via Javascript
    in the Empty .swf file first (the example just uses an array to
    create a reference to each control). Trouble is, if you want to
    have a generic .swf file that you use for different purposes with
    different controls, referencing all the possible controls will make
    the .swf file unnecessarily large (which affects download
    performance etc.) - can Adobe confirm whether the final release
    will still require you to reference controls in the .swf beforehand
    or can controls be referenced dynamically as they are needed ?
    Thanks

    Can you provide code on how I can create a loop?
    I'm not getting any error when calculating sum.
    Here is what I'm trying to do, lets say I have two checks:
    CHK1
    Amount:200.00
    Status: Issued
    CHK2
    Amount: 500.00
    Status: Void
    When calculatiing the tota for the checksl, I should see the total as 200 only because, the Check2 has been voided and it is considered zero.
    I tried the following ways and it did not work:
    Sum(OutboundPayment[OutboundPayment/PaymentStatus/Code=’ISSUED’]/PaymentAmount /Value)
    I tried another way and even this did not work:
    decode(PaymentStatus/Code, 'VOID', ‘0’, PaymentAmount/Value*100)
    Please help!!!!!!

  • Help!! How do you build the SWF files?

    Hi, I since I am new to Flex & Flex Builder2, I have
    tried to recreate an empty swf file, similar to the sample file
    "EmptySwf.swf"
    However, when I replace the default EmptySwf.swf with mine, I
    keep getting: TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot
    convert flash.display::Sprite@fda2a81 to mx.core.IUIComponent.
    Steps to reproduce:
    i) I am using Flex Builder 2.0.143459
    ii) in the mxml file created when choosing 'Flex Project', I
    add the FAbridge information as instructed
    <fab:FABridge xmlns:fab="bridge.*" />
    (I have also tried using <bridge:FABridge
    xmlns:bridge="bridge.*" id="bridgeInst" /> )
    iii) Select BuildAll and then copy to the samples folder
    (overwriting the original).
    iv) The error occurs in the browser.
    What gives?
    The FA Bridge is supposed to be an easy 'learning curve' to
    get into Flex.
    This is quickly pushing me away!!!!!

    Thanks for the prompt reply. Obviously you guys are watching
    this forum keenly.
    For those others that are new to Flex, I found that creating
    an
    ActionScript Project in Flex builder to be the way to create
    a 'blank' swf file that works.
    Note:
    - you'll also need to add a library reference:
    ${FRAMEWORKS}\libs\framework.swc
    - you'll still need to add the FABridge reference:
    x:\somepath\\FABridge\src
    Then, make your main actionscript file look like EmptySwf.as
    as shipped with the samples.

  • Step 1: rotating text, step: 2 publishing movie = empty swf

    Hello to everybody,
    and thank you for the attenction.
    An easy to descipt, but hard to solve issue:
    (Flash CS4).
    I type some text in a flash document.
    Then I rotate it with the scale/rotation tool.
    Publishing my movie I have an empty swf file.
    To solve this problem I had to Break Apart (Command+B) my
    text two times, until I've lost text editability.
    Is there a way to escape from this?
    Thank you very much.
    Best reguards.
    Stefano Bianchi
    Text

    Problem soved!
    You know what?
    You have to go in the Text propiety panel, select the "Anti
    Alias" menu, and - to mantain visibility of text in the swf movie -
    you have to select one of the others voices instead of the "use
    device fonts" one.
    Best things.
    SB

  • How can I control a button from one swf file to another swf file?

    Hi,
    I have a main.swf file. From that file I am accessing the external.swf file which is an external file.
    Now, how can I write code on my main.swf file for the button which is on my external.swf file?
    Activities.MainPanel.close_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClickClose);
    Activities.MainPanel.close_btn (This buttons is actually on external.swf file, but I want to write code on main.swf file to execute it on external.swf) how can I control one swf button on other swf file?
    Thanks.

    Here's some example code that you should be able to adapt to your needs.
    // create a new loader object instance...
    var loader:Loader = new Loader();
    // make the download request...
    var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("external.swf");
    // add a complete event listener to the loader
    loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
    // start the actual loading process...
    loader.load(request);
    // create a new empty movieClip instance, you will put the loaded movie into this movieClip once its loaded
    var externalMovie:MovieClip;
    // this function is called when the download has finished and the file is ready to use...
    function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
       // set the contents of the loaded movie to the new empty movieClip...
               externalMovie = MovieClip(event.target.content);
       // add this new movie to the display list...
       addChild(externalMovie);
    Now you can refer to the loaded movie with the instance name "externalMovie". So if, for instance, you want to address a button in the loaded movie, you could write something like this on the main timeline:
    externalMovie.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClickClose);
    function btnClickClose(event:MouseEvent):void {

  • Delete an swf file after download

    This is the situation: after a client load external content
    from an http server into his flash movie, a copy of the
    file for the external content (say, an SWF file) is stored
    in the "Temporary Internet Files" folder.
    To protect the external content, is it possible to
    automatically
    remove this file, after the loading is done? This should of
    course be built into the client movie. Within ActionScript,
    there seems to be no delete file function of any sort.
    Is it possible to do it by loading a javascript or ASP page?
    Any suggestions would be appreciated.

    Thanks for all your answers,
    which have really helped me
    to put things in perspective.
    Let me make the situation more
    explicit. I am going to use
    an empty movieClip as a container.
    All the Flash codes/graphics will be
    loaded dynamically into this
    container during run time from
    a server, with user authentication.
    There are two separate issues:
    (1). Whether the client would
    be able to access these external
    contents on the server, after
    cracking the container swf.
    On the server side, there
    are authentication routines,
    so that a user must be verified
    before he could load any external
    contents. I can hide all related
    scripts/functions on the server
    side (via FMS or http server), so
    that a user does not know what I
    am doing. In fact, I could copy
    to-be-loaded-contents into a scratch
    directory just before loading,
    and then the server side script
    will delete these contents
    after loading. So this
    part should be as safe as my
    authentication method, even if a
    hacker has decompiled my swf.
    (2). Whether the client
    would be able to get hold of
    the contents on his local
    machines, since these
    contents are loaded into
    the container movieClip. This
    part I am not sure. I thought
    that if the files were not saved
    on the disk as temp files and
    if my connection was secured/
    encrypted using https,
    then it would be difficult for
    a client to get hold of the
    content swf files. But you guys
    seem to be saying that a client can
    still get it somehow.

  • .swf files not functional in Acrobat X pro

    I've started working in flash builder, making some menues and buttons to create enriched pdfs, however when I try to add them to the pdfs I get 1 of 2 outcome, neither is functional.  When working with swf files I have created myself, I get an empty loading bar with the error "Error#2032: Stream Error. URL: file://PDFMedia013861/g/framework4.5.1.21328.swf"
    Or I get a play button image (a default before flash activation) that takes me directly to a black or transparent window (depending on my background pref.)  I have found, the file in the error refers to a file in the same bin folder as the swf file created by my application. Also, when I try to run the swf file outside of the bin folder it does not function, it simply shows white.
    I have been through the support channels for Adobe Acrobat X pro to rule out the error being on the Acrobat side, but I am now unsure how to proceed if I can only construct non-functional or machine specific Flash Builder Applications.
    If anyone has any insite I would be happy to hear about it, as I am fairly new to the flash development community.

    *Update*
    I've found that if I revert back to the Flash Builder 3.6 SDK and construct the files with the same basic content the import into Acrobat is successful... Has anyone else had issues with FB  4.5 to Acrobat X compatability?

  • How do you add a link to a .swf file?

    Is there a way to add a link/URL to a .swf file, without embedding into the original .fla file?
    Is there any way to do that with just the .swf file alone, and without actually editing the .fla or re-creating it?

    I won't be providing lessons, but here's the basics...  to load the other swf file using AS3 you will use code like the following in the main timeline...
    var my_loader:Loader = new Loader();
    my_loader.load(new URLRequest("theOther.swf"));
    addChild(my_loader);
    addChild(myBtn); // described next but coded here
    To add a link, you can create an invisible button and place whereever you like in the timeline, or if its a text link you can assign the link to the dynamic textfield via the properties panel.  To create an invisible button just create a button symbol and draw a shape for it only in its Hit frame, leaving all other empty... that way you can still see the button to work with it on the stage, but it will be invisible when the file plays.  You could also have the button include text or any other visual you desire if you don't need/want it to be invisible.
    If you use the button approach, then you need to assign the button an instance name (I use "myBtn" for this example)  Then you have to assign an event listener and event handler function for the button...
    myBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickBtn);
    function clickBtn(evt:MouseEvent):void {
         navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.yourlinksurl.com/etc"));
    The reason I addChild for myBtn after I addChild the Loader is so that it will sit above the Loader.  Without that line, the Loader would have the loaded swf sitting atop the button blocking access to it.
    If you plan to use a Textfield instead of a button, then you don't need the event code but you still need the addChild() line to bring it in front.  As mentioned already you can link it via the properties panel field for a link.  To make life simple per these instructions just assign the textfield an instance name of myBtn.

  • DW CS3 ImageViewer - problem with .swf file

    I'm trying to make a slide show in Dreamweaver for the first time. I've searched and found a lot of common problems people have - forgetting to upload the .js file, not including the .swf file, etc.
    I think I've done everything right (obviously I'm wrong though), it previews in DW, it works when I preview it in a browser, but when it's uploaded, nothing.
    But I think I've found where the problem is. The .swf file that was created doesn't seem to be the right file. When I open it, it shows a blank flash slideshow with three empty slides, just as the sample is when you first open the Imageviewer.
    But then what is DW pulling the slideshow from that works in the preview?? How do I re-export the .swf file from DW?
    Do my questions even make sense? Sorry, kinda new at all this.
    Thanks in advance.
    Oh, here is the blank page, but when I view source, the code is there.
    http://www.americanindianreport.com/imageviewer.html
    The .js file is in the Scripts folder, the .swf is in the same folder. Actually, here you can see why it doesn't work. This is the .swf file, three blank pages:
    http://www.americanindianreport.com/imageviewerflash.swf

    If you look at my last post, the js file has been overwritten with html code, and this is what will be causing the problem.
    The only solution is to delete this file insert a new flash object (any swf file will do for this), then copy the new js file to your server, as your flash will not work with this file.
    here is a short example of the js files content (not javascript), -
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Page not found | www.americanindianreport.com</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/http://www.falmouthinstitute.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/modules/book/book.css?r" />
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/modules/node/node.css?r" />
    PZ

  • Swf files killing me...

    Morning all,
    I am having an issue with users logging out of Terminal
    Servers, and their profile directories won't empty/delete/cleanup
    because of residual FLASH data.
    I have multiple issues, but both amount to the "can't delete,
    too long" message. Notice following paths:
    c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application
    Data\Macromedia\Flash
    Player\#SharedObjects\AY5BK5S3\assets.dada.com\teams\repository\export\535
    c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application
    Data\Macromedia\Flash
    Player\#SharedObjects\56Z2EYQY\l.yimg.com\cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com\ver\242\embed-2007-08-28- 1213\swf\yup_embed_module.swf\testMovie_config_info.sol
    I can't delete these folders until I rename the .swf files to
    something shorter, or just rename the folders.
    Is there some way to clean these up using flash? Other tools?
    Thanks,
    sm00ter

    you can open swf with swf converter and some swf converters also provide edit functions.
    As far as i know, Moyea SWF to Video Converter Pro can not only convert swf to avi,wmv,flv,mp4,gif etc, but it aslo provides some ideo editing features, abundant profile parameter setting options. http://www.swfkits.com/swftovideo/

  • Can After Effects deystroy a source swf file?

    AFX is acting very odd lately, and since one of my collagues had the same problem, this is clearly not an isolated issue.
    Here's what happened:
    I'm working with imported swf files (doing extensive cameramovement between layers, using rasterised formats is not an option). After a while, the program starts to show some errors.
    The files that worked just fine a moment ago, crop themselves at weird places, start flickering during preview, or disappear altogether.
    The layers, the files are still there, but they seem to be empty. Later on, I tried to open the source files with the normal SWF player, and they also became empty!
    There is seemingly NOTHING in the file, which has been clearly working a moment ago!
    What's going on?

    Turn of the Write XMP ID To Files On Import preference.
    I have seen cases in which that causes problems with SWF files.

  • Flash CC exports to an empty .MOV file

    I created an animation in Flash CC that I would now like to export to .MOV. I have tried different combinations of settings but the result .MOV file that is created is "empty." I tried opening the file a few different ways in different programs, quicktime, premiere, after effects. but it gives the same message that the file doesn't contain anything.
    I have tried exporting it with and without the Adobe Media Encoder, without it gives me an empty file and with it gives me the message that the .MOV file could not be imported into the Media Encoder.
    I am looking for a way to make the Flash file, or SWF file into a .MOV.
    I also tried to import the swf into After Effects but it appeared to have lost some of the crispness and became a bit blurry.
    Thanks for any help you have to offer.

    I can export the Flash movie as mov, all the frames are correctly exported.
    Could you please give the below information?
    1. Which version of Adobe Media encoder is launching when invoke media encoder from Flash CC.  You can invoke the Adobe Media encoder File > import > video > Press "launch media encoder” button in select video dialog
    2. Which are the Adobe software’s installed in your system (Video software’s ...... after effects premiere etc...)
    3 Create one small motion tween in timeline and export as movie > Check whether the movie is exported correctly
    4. Flash version number,  Help  > About Flash
    It would be great if you can share the files.

  • Cant see .swf file

    Hello,
    Im using the SWFLoader to load a .swf file, this file is around 2,110k
    I have put it in the source, embed it in variable, put the file in website and then put it in the source, but
    It doesnt play it.
    And in the design view it just shows empty.
    Any ideas?

    Dont embedd it into variable only use mxml tag like this.
    as
    <mx:swfloader   source="foldername/swffilename" height=100, width=11/> height or width according to u.try it other wise check it the flash player install or not.

  • Flash Media Playback configurator swf file size

    Hello,
    I just start using the Flash Media Playback configurator : http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/ and I am very surprised that the size of the swf file is less than 2KB. The swf file used is http://fpdownload.adobe.com/strobe/FlashMediaPlayback.swf
    How did you compile it to make it so small ? It is based on OSMF ?
    Usually the swf file's size of a flash video player based on OSMF seems to be greater. For example the swf file used on page http://www.osmf.org/ (http://www.osmf.org/strobe1_0/StrobeMediaPlayback.swf) is about 193KB or on page http://osmf.org/dev/1.6gm/setup.html (http://osmf.org/dev/1.6gm/StrobeMediaPlayback.swf) is about 422KB.
    Thanks in advance.
    Thomas

    Hi,
    Thanks for the quick reply Gelu. I emptied the cache of my web browser and had a look at all http requests (with Charles proxy and Firebug) sent when loading the page http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/. The only .swf loaded I can see is http://fpdownload.adobe.com/strobe/FlashMediaPlayback.swf.
    Is there another cache involved ?
    Thanks,
    Thomas

Maybe you are looking for