.FLA into Director

Hello,
I am able to import SWF files no problem, but when I try to import an FLA file I get an error -- "Having trouble reading [file] -1"
Is it even possible to import FLA files?

No, you can't import FLA files and I don't understand why you'd want to. Could you explain why you wouldn't publish them to SWFs and import those?

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Does anyone know how/if you can pull a flash movie(s) into
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Here's the situation. I have three flash movies that I have
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an exit scene. I have been asked to convert the intanet web page
into a CD for distribution. Is there any way that I can pull the
FLA's into Director and be able to edit them from within the
Director console? I do not just want to import the swf. I would
like to be able to convert a Flash file into a dir file.
Any help would be appreciated.

I appreciate your help, Sean. So I can't pull the source into
Director. I guess it's off to Amazon to pick up a Director Book.
A (very) short overview:
I have three swf movies that comprise a preloader screen
(zipping images and whizbang text) that fades into the main
interactive movie. The main movie is basically an in-depth web page
(all 17mb of it) with images, text, and animations. When you click
exit, you are directed to a third credits movie. This was all
developed in Flash a while ago and has been periodically updated.
Now, the 'boss' wants to be able to market what we've got
when she's at conventions, meetings, etc. She likes the intranet
page so much that she wants the content put on CD for distribution.
I need to take out some of the proprietary stuff and add a few
other links, e-mail addresses, change around some text and add some
video clips.
After researching, it seems that Director is a better way to
go for this purpose than Flash. I guess I can still make the
projector in Flash but the more that I read up on Director, the
more that I am impressed with it's ability to easily distribute
this kind of media.
Not only that, but I guess that I am kind of proud of my
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decompile than Flash.

Flash into Director tutorials?

Hi.
Can anybody recomend some beginners tutorials for bringing
Flash into Director?
Thanks

Sure, do you have more than one button in the Flash .swf? Do
you want to
send something unique from the Flash button, or do you just
want the
button to act as a trigger for the frame change?
You can use getURL("lingo:functionName(args)"); to call a
Lingo function
in a movie script.
You can use getURL("event:functionName,arg1"); to call a
lingo function
in a behavior attached to the Flash sprite.
You can use getURL("string to send"); to send data to a
function called
on getURL me, data in a behavior attached to the Flash
sprite.
The syntax for each is unique. The first two examples expect
any
argument to the Lingo function to be a number. You can use a
string if
you escape the quotation marks. The third example just sends
a string.
You can also send the contents of an array.
Rob
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HOw do I make .fla into .swf ?

SO how do i change my movie.fla into movie.swf ? PLease Write
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