Parse a binary SWF file

anyone have code to parse a binary SWF file into it's parts?
(flash file)

Yes, it will work with Reader. There is a carriage return at the end of each line of a multiline text field, so you can just to this:
var aRows = getField("multiline1").valueAsString.split(/\r/);
But note that if one line wraps to another, there won't be a carriage return at what appears to be the end of the first line.

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Error message while executing a SWF File

Hi All,
Iam trying to execute a SWF file which has its actionscript
written in AS3. When i execute this, I am getting an error message
which is as follows
Verify Error 1030# Stack Depth unbalanced 1 != 0.
Can anyone tell me what could be the root cause?
Thanks in advance,
Prabakaran Srinivasan.

Hi All,
I am able to find the root cause for this. For AS 3 classes,
while parsing the ABC code, every method body will be a set of
instructions in which each instruction will have an offset to it.
This offset will be useful to mark the target for branching
instructions like if, while etc.... Because, these instructions
contains targetoffset as a parameter to which the instruction has
to jump when the condition becomes true or false. The process what
i am doing is i do some code injection to replace the URLRequest
calls. The flash file in which i got this error, i did replace the
URLRequest call to my own method call and this code was being
wrapped up by an IF block. Because of the code injection, i need to
update the offset of the instructions with the difference offset
value. I did this, but i missed the jumpoffset parameter of the if
block wrapping my injected code which was the root cause. I did fix
this...
Thanks,
Prabakaran Srinivasan.

Issue on Dashboard 4.1 Export as .SWF file while retrieving more than 5000 rows.

Hi Experts,
    We have a BO Dashboard (version 4.1) that displays the treasury information on cash flows across various countries and regions.
     The dashboard is built on Universe and has large number of components (like filter, aggregation, glow region) with some third party Centigon add on for Google Maps. - GMaps Plugin for SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards provides an interactive map design solution for enterprise dashboards components).
     When trying to add more source content to the existing dashboard (and exceeding more than 5000 rows ) and trying to export the dashboard as .SWF file , we are getting a run-time error as below.
     But when we minimize the number of rows manually in data mapping (<=4500 rows) we are able to export the .SWF file.
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Justin
I partially agree with you, When I say condition I was talking about LOAD when clause in ACCESS PARAMETERS not where condition of select clause
When you use load condition with a byte range is checked before parsing the row , So to skip a row you can use something like this (seee example below)
CREATE TABLE ext_employees
(employee_id NUMBER(4),
first_name VARCHAR2(20),
last_name VARCHAR2(25),
job_id VARCHAR2(10),
manager_id NUMBER(4),
salary NUMBER(8,2),
commission_pct NUMBER(2,2),
department_id NUMBER(4),
email VARCHAR2(25)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY ext_dir1
ACCESS PARAMETERS
records delimited by newline
LOAD WHEN ( 1:5) != '*****'
badfile ext_bad_dir:'empxt%a_%p.bad'
logfile ext_log_dir:'empxt%a_%p.log'
fields terminated by ','
missing field values are null
( employee_id, first_name, last_name, job_id, manager_id,
salary, commission_pct, department_id, email
LOCATION ('empext.dat')
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED
This may solve his problem
Santhosh

Is it possible to load SWF files from an SQL database?

Hi all, I am very new to flash (I am primarily a C'# developer!) and I have been asked to investigate the possibility of doing the following;
Create an application that allows swf files to be uploaded and stored inside of a SQL database as binary data (Why a database is a long story!)
Allow this binary data to be extracted via a http request to be dynamically loaded inside of a web page.
Now the first part was easy. I have all of my swf's uploaded and stored inside of the database. I have code that can make a request for the binary and write it to the response, so far so good. Now this is where I am stuck.
I thought I could dynamically load the swf binary data by creating a very basic swf that simply contains a movie clip holder and for now a simple loadMovie statement. My idea being that I can could provide a url for the loadMovie statement that returns the swf binary data. This is where I have ground to a halt.
I can see the call being made from the swf, I can see the data being returned but I cannot get it to render. I remember seeing an article some time agao where someone stated that they had used this method with success but I cannot find now. Has anyone ever done anything like? Is it even possible? Am I missing something simple?
I have tried to return both the raw binary data and also used response.write but to no avail. Can anyone help?

You are possibly trying to load AS3 swf into an AS2 Container at least the use of loadMovie() points in that direction. Be sure to use AS3 and target at least Flash 9 in your Loader/Main.swf. Also the AS3 concept of how to load swfs differs a lot from the old concept.
Look into the docu:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/display/Loader.ht ml
But the biggest Problem seems to me -what you mentioned- that Loader needs a (defined) URLRepuest and since your swf files have no "real" URL and you surely don`t want to let the user directly write to your server, a workaround would be to write the BinaryStream with AIR-functionality to a local installlation directory and load it then from there.

How to Hyperlink SWF File

Sorry if this was already discussed, hyperlink swf hit nothing here and I don't know what else to search.
I placed a client's .swf file in my web page and I am unable to hyper-link it back to her site.
What am I missing?

> I use Flash so I build my links within the SWF file.
If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will not be spidered
most likely
3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links - what will those users
do?
4. Your authoring cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if you
move or rename
a linked file, your navigation will break - what will you do? You will have
to remake those buttons.
It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons - and for these reasons,
Adobe has removed Flash buttons and Flash text from the next version of
Dreamweaver.
With regard to the 'over Flash' question, all Active content on a page will
always rise to the top, so to speak, including Flash, certain form elements,
Java applets, and Active X controls.
This means that each of these will poke through layers. There is not a good
cross-browser/platform reliable way to solve this issue, but if you can be
confident in your visitors using IE 5+ or NN6+, then you can use the Flash
wmode parameter (however, Safari does not support this properly!).
PVII article:
http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=127
Murray

Protecting SWF files.

Hi,
Can i know whether there is any way to protect swf files from being decompiling. I have seen that some tools are available for decompiling the swf files. Can anybody help me by providing a tutorial for the same or any ideas.
Thank and Regards,
Sreelash

Yes, as mantissao states, the best you can do for a SWF is to run it through an Obfuscator.
Google: Actionscrip Obfuscation and you will find some products to do this.
What it does is change the Actionscript in the SWF to make it "unreadable" by decompilers. In practice, what happens is this: Decompilers update constantly to work around any problems arising from new obfuscation techniques, and then new obfuscation techniques are created to stop the new decompilers. In the end, a decompiled SWF that was obfuscated becomes difficult to parse through, as all variable names are random strings of text, but not impossible.
Otherwise, the only method you can use is a streaming server (Adobe FMS, Red5, Wowza, etc) and offload all important Actionscript to the server. This would be reliable in protecting that Actionscript, but may not be worth the time and effort of setting it up. Plus, this is overkill if the only goal is to protect some "proprietary" code.

The webpage in the swf file

hi,i want to catch a function that when i open the swf file ,
then the webpage shows in flash, how to realize it? if i use the ie
to parse the html code can achieve the goal. and i want to know how
the AIR achieve the goal. please give me some advice,
thanks.

Yes, I think I am going to have to just use Flash. The flash I was creating was very simple, and Encore would have done the trick if it had not been for the fact that the file would always require the AuthoredContent.xml file. I was just trying to avoid having to learn ActionScript, and most of my animation is coming directly from AfterEffects, with which I am much more comfortable. However, since I first made that post, I have started learning ActionScript, and also realized how to use the XFL format, so it does not appear to be too bad. Within a few weeks, I should be able to create in Flash what I was trying to do in Encore.
Thanks for the advice!

No audio from .swf files

When using Kutoka's EazySpeak French program, I get no audio at all. The animations are all .swf files, and I'm using 10.4.10 on a MacBook. Already upgraded to latest Flash 9 universal binary, and checked output in Audio Midi Setup - it's still 44100 and I don't use any other third-party program that has changed it. Any suggestions?

Hi pikepike
Welcome to macbook forum.
In addition to troy enn well said reply, here is link to shockwave player for it might be able to run properly on shockwave player, and the rest is mostly similar to troy enn just said:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=82216d24&sliceId=2
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Selecting random .swf files

My code loads random movie clips from the same folder of the
files "17_1.swf", "17_2.swf" and so on to "17_50.swf". If I have
files that don't start with "17_" but I would like to load them
anyway without having to change all of these file names, is there a
better way for me to write this code?
In other words, how can I simply have it load all of the
movie clips in its folder rather than just the ones named
appropriately?
Thanks

The first problem u describe I suspect is alot more tricky
than when u know the file name structure. I'm guessing u will have
to store all the swf file names in a file that ur flash can access,
or if possible let the web server return a directory content list
which u could parse for *.swf files. Just see to it that u dont
load the swf that u are loading from, which could in worst case
lead to a loop.
For ur second problem, you will need to keep track of the
last loaded movie with a variable, like lastLoaded (which u update
just before loading a new swf with lastLoaded = currentlyLoaded),
or keep them in an array (if u want the possibility of multiple
back clicks).

B&K Portable Signal Analyzer Binary Data Files

I am currently using a B&K 2144/7651 Portable Signal Analyzer. I'd like to start a project to display the binary data files created by the analyzer in Labview. I have the technical documentation that specifies the formatting of the binary files and they have example code written for Pascal but I have no idea how to translate that to Labview. If anyone has experience with these data files or could give me a hint on how to parse the Labile files I would appreciate it.
I can post the technical doumentation but I have to scan it first.
Thanks
Eric
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi Arvin,
Thanks much for the Kudos!
Here's a first "possbly useful" LLB. The main thing is the data arrays are being populated!
I hope you'll forgive me for not unpacking the entire "Setup" section - - I wasn't sure you needed it all(?) As is, enough Setup is unpacked to interpret the Data correctly plus a bunch more.
Please give it a test-drive and let me know if you need any unrepresented Setup values (or all of them.)
Cheers!
"Inside every large program is a small program struggling to get out." (attributed to Tony Hoare)
Attachments:
7651.FileReader.llb ‏1475 KB

Unable to play audio stream in a swf file

Making a swf file that reacts like a button: it plays sound
when you pass over it. Or should play. When the button keyframes
sound options are set to "start" or "event", there is no problem,
it works well. But it doesn't work if I set to "stream". My
original file is an mp3. Is there something special avout it? Help
tutorials didn't help me so far...

With "stream" you have to make sure there are enough frames
in the movie to play the whole sound file. Try adding some frames
and see if it plays then.

IE running under XP can't handle multiple SWF files, Why?

I noticed that IE 8 running under Windows XP cannot handle multiple swf files in one page.
Up to about 10 files is no problem they are loaded and we can play them ( buttons that start a small audio file).
But more of these files in one page will stop IE.
Firefox ( 3.6.28) runs them fine.
And also IE 8 and/or Firefox under Windows 7 handles them perfectly.
Has anyone any idea what can cause this and how to resolve this?
Thanks,
Onno Tomson
The Netherlands

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Why can iTunesHelper.exe run twice but iTunes.exe cannot? Why can I run Safari at the same time? Quicktime Player runs fine under multiple user sessions.
Blaming it on Windows and/or FUS sounds like FUD. Can anyone give a valid technical reason? Semaphores? Mutexes? An admission (and explanation) that the Windows version is purposely crippled?

How do I edit a .swf file in edge animate? How do I save it as a swf file?

Hello, I need to edit the actionscript in a swf animation file. How do you do that with Edge animate?

There is no such workflow for swf files.
Edge animate only understands html, javascript. SWF files are alien to it.
You should be using Flash Professional CC, for generating the swf files.
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How do I script SWF files instead of JPG files in XML loader?

I have a SWF loader (greensock.com platform) and a thumbnail image scroll underneath it made of small image buttons. Each image button has a link which loads a new SWF file into the SWF loader above. Here is the code for each button which loads the bigger SWF file into the loader above:
Button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Button3_PlayPopUp);
function Button3_PlayPopUp(event:MouseEvent): void {
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<image src="appThmb_imgs/appThmb_imgs117x175/A-illuminatorUpLit_117x175.jpg" title="UpDownGlowingVase" url="http://www.888acolyte.com"/>
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function clickScrollerItem(e:MouseEvent):void {
//trace("clicked item " + e.currentTarget.itemNum + " - visit url: " + e.currentTarget.link);
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(e.currentTarget.link);
try {
navigateToURL(urlRequest);
catch (e:Error) {
// handle error here
trace(e);
My question is: How do I apply the code to each individual small thumbnail button to load a bigger image into the SWF loader above? Do I have to add something to XML file or this way it will never work with jpg images? Can url in XML file set the source var (//setting the sourceVar), since they are all individual and then somehow apply the making SWL loader to load part (//making the SWFLoader load) as a standard somewhere in the AS3 code?

O.K. Here is my COMPLETE function.
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, LoadXML);
function LoadXML(e:Event):void {
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    xmlData = new XML(e.target.data);
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    buildScroller(xmlData.image); //rather than trace the xmlList, we send it to our buildScroller function
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function buildScroller(imageList:XMLList):void{
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    //var scroller_x:int=0;
    for (var item:uint = 0; item<imageList.length();item++) {
        var thisOne:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        //thisOne.img_width=imageList[item].attribute("width");
        //outline
        var blackBox:Sprite = new Sprite();
        blackBox.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);
        blackBox.graphics.drawRect(-1, -1, 86, 128);//-1,-1 places rectangle 1px left and up.86, 128 draws rectangle 1px wider on all sides of placed image dimenstions of 84x126
        thisOne.addChild(blackBox);
        //scroller_x += thisOne.img_width + 20;
        //var currentX = currentImageWidth+spaceBetween;//modified line to adjust variable thumb widths
        thisOne.x = (84 + padding) *item;//84 is the width of the loaded images and 15 (which was before paddign var) is the padding
        //thisOne.x = scroller_x;//modified line to adjust variable thumb widths
        thisOne.itemNum = item;
        thisOne.title = imageList[item].attribute("title");
        thisOne.link = imageList[item].attribute("url");
        thisOne.src = imageList[item].attribute("src");
        thisOne.alpha = 0;//makes all thumb images at alpha=0 before they are fully loaded
        //trace(thisOne.itemNum, thisOne.title, thisOne.link, thisOne.src);
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        var thisThumb:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
        //add image
        var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
        //var url:String = imageList[item].attribute("src");
        var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(thisOne.src);
        trace("loading thumbnail "+item+" into Scroller: " + thisOne.src);//url
        ldr.load(urlReq);
        //assign event listeners for Loader
        ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler);//tells us when the loading is complete
        ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, errorHandler);//tells us if there are any typo errors when the loading is complete
        thisThumb.addChild(ldr);
        thisOne.addChild(thisThumb);
        //create listeners for this thumb
        thisOne.buttonMode = true;//makes boxes act as buttons
        thisOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickScrollerItem);//makes boxes act as buttons
        thisOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, overScrollerItem);//traces the title when the mouse is over the bounding box in the Output Panel
        thisOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outScrollerItem);//traces the title when the mouse is out the bounding box in the Output Panel
        //add item
        scroller.addChild(thisOne);
But I am not sure if I expressed myself clearly. All what you have indicated happens. Images are being loaded and url strings are working. I can not figure out how to tweek the code so instead of url specified in xml file I can load swf image into the SWF loader on the same screen?

Flash .exe or swf files will not play on Vista

I decided to learn how to create captions for flash video,
using CS3. I tested this project and it worked fine. I could just
double-click on the app or the swf and the captioned video played
fine on my Mac. I only had Flash (CS3) on my Mac, so I created the
files there.
I then published an exe to move over to my Vista machine.
When I double-clicked on the file, it brought up Flash Media Player
version 9, but only showed a blank white box. Very frustrating.
After some research, I read that Windows Vista was not
compatible with Flash Media Player 9. Only 10.02xxx or later (I
forget the exact version - it was long) was supposed to work with
Vista. Since CS3 uses version 9 to pack into the executable (PC) or
app (Mac) projector files, I thought maybe this was the problem.
So I downloaded the demo of Flash CS4, thinking this version
would pack version 10 into the projector and this would solve my
problem.
While the CS3 version of my saved flash video project would
open in Flash CS4, it would not play when I tested the movie inside
Flash CS4. It would just show a skin at the bottom of the video
player only (with a play/pause button), and it had moving blue bars
on the skin like it couldn't really load either.
I then decided to create the whole flash video with captions
from scratch under Flash CS4. This time when I tested the movie in
Vista, it worked fine. When I published either the projector exe or
the html/swf combination, it worked fine. So proudly (and finally!)
I sent the exe over to my boss. But..... you guessed it. The Flash
Media Player 10 that started up when the file was double-clicked
just showed a blank white screen again!
So then I moved the exe over to another partition to test to
see if there was some dependent directory pathway saved as part of
the flash video file. The exe wouldn't play on the other partition!
So I thought I was onto something. I then tried moving files that I
thought the exe might be dependent on (although isn't the point of
a projector to be stand alone?) to the same directory on this
partition as the flash exe projector file.
I ended up moving the captions.xml file, the swf files (flash
video player skins included), and the html file that the swf file
is supposed to be embedded in. NOTHING worked.
I even read that someone with this problem saved his Flash
CS4 file as a Flash CS3 file before he published it, and that
worked for him. So I tried that too, but with no joy.
So I am totally stumped. Does anyone out there have advice or
even a solution?
Much Thanks,
Chuck

HI
You can use FlashJester Jugglor to create one EXE file by
adding the FLV in
the Additional Files section.
Try it
http://www.jugglor.com
Let us know if you have any further questions.
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