Playing a .swf on a PC?

My client is trying to play a .swf file (outside of a
browser) on his PC. He has Flash Player 10 installed, but the
player doesn't seem to recognize the file. I can play this file on
a Mac with no problems. Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
D.

He has the browser plugin - what he doesn't have is the
stand-alone player
that comes only with the flash program. You can convert the
SWF to an EXE
(open SWF and go to File > Create Projector...). Then zip
the EXE before
sending him (Email clients will likely flag attached EXE
files as harmful
and junk them).
The EXE will package the SWF with the player. He'll be able
to watch your
SWF but it doesn't mean he will have the stand-alone player
to view other
SWFs with - he needs to buy the flash program if he wants to
watch SWF
outside of his browser (an expensive decision).
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> My client is trying to play a .swf file (outside of a
browser) on his PC.
> He
> has Flash Player 10 installed, but the player doesn't
seem to recognize
> the
> file. I can play this file on a Mac with no problems.
Any suggestions
> would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> D.
>

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