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Subject: [swfmill] Problems importing SWF's
From: rodo () nebular ! tv (Rodolfo Lopez () nebular streams)
Date: 2009-01-27 14:47:43
Message-ID: 331EE19C-453A-4EAD-A64F-E9F2CBAE48FB () nebular ! tv
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Hi all!
Sorry for the late reply... been terribly busy lately :( Thanx a lot
guys for your detailed answers, specially Alex and Lynn.
My question was about problems importing v8 files, when sometimes
random stuff from the imported clips appeared in the main timeline. I
got suggestions of turning off the effects. I did and it works. I am
not very sure anyway about this solution, as I suspect there are
other Flash-8 elements bsides effects that cause this bug to appear.
I can't tell you which ones because I am not a designer and don't
know all the features of Flash 8 v Flash 7. But restricting to
Flash-7 content for imported clips (only) has worked 100% for me. I
have done many many tests and no problems so far. The rest of the
file can well be v8. I mean:
> > <movie width="1024" height="768" framerate="12" version="8">
*** Version 8 output
> > <frame>
> > <clip id="FOO" import="classes.swf"/>
> > <library>
> > <clip id="menu" import="lib/menu_item.swf"/>
*** version 7
> > </library>
> > <place id="FOO" depth="0" />
> > </frame>
> > </movie>
BTW... Lynn, what's that for? Why explicitly placing the classes
container on the timeline affects? And another question maybe realted
to that... I've found my life simpler for creating a classes.swf file
(with the Flash IDE) to place all the objects I want accessible from
ActionScript directly on the stage. Yeah, a really dirty stage :)
That way the resulting library is a mix between classes.swf and
swfmill imported clips. But I don't know the internals of that, if
it's a good idea or not. I still don't understand very good why, for
instance, those clips placed on the stage are not displayed as the
resuting SWF is loaded.
Cheers,
Rodolfo.
On 15 Jan 2009, at 21:48 , Alex H wrote:
> Well, switching to Flash 7 probably works because Flash 7 doesn't
> support the effects (and the new tags that those effects create).
>
> On my end, I was able to solve the importing problem by using
> swfmill to convert the .swfs to complex XML (swf2xml), then
> reassigning the "object ID" numbers, then merging the two or more
> XML files, and finally, using xml2swf to build it back into a SWF
> file. I've had great success with this method.
>
> -alex
>
> Walton, Lynn wrote:
> >
> > Rodolfo,
> >
> > Please let us know if Alex suggestion about turning off all
> > movie-clip-defined effects solved your problem. We also found
> > turning
> > off movie-clip defined effects necessary.
> >
> > One other idea that might help if that didn't do it is to give
> > your clip
> > an id (FOO in example below) and then add a <place> tag referring to
> > that id:
> >
> > <movie width="1024" height="768" framerate="12" version="8">
> > <frame>
> > <clip id="FOO" import="classes.swf"/>
> > <library>
> > <clip id="menu" import="lib/menu_item.swf"/>
> > <clip id="feed" import="lib/feed_body.swf"/>
> > </library>
> > <place id="FOO" depth="0" />
> > </frame>
> > </movie>
> >
> > We sometimes do it like that. Hope this helps,
> >
> > Lynn
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 2
> > > Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:34:07 -0500
> > > From: Alex H <swfmill at avbrand.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [swfmill] Problems importing SWF's
> > > To: swfmill at osflash.org
> > > Message-ID: <496F495F.3060106 at avbrand.com>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
> > >
> > > Hi Rodolfo,
> > >
> > > I've seen exactly the problem you are describing for some time.
> > >
> > > All I can tell you right now is that to fix it, you must shut off
> > > all
> > > movieclip-defined effects (blur, drop shadow, etc) and then it will
> > >
> > work
> >
> > > better with SWFMILL.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -alex
> > >
> >
> >
> > > > Rodolfo Lopez @ nebular streams wrote:
> > > > Hi! First of all, congratulations to the SWFMILL team for such a
> > > > promising tool. You guys really rock!
> > > >
> > > > I'm having problems when trying to create an assets library using
> > > > SWFMILL. Version: subversion trunk, 0.2.12.6, freshly compiled.
> > > > Also
> > > > same problem with 0.2.12.0.
> > > >
> > > > The problem is, the imported SWF's get broken. I've done a very
> > > >
> > simple
> >
> > > > test, just importing a couple clips:
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------
> > > > <movie width="1024" height="768" framerate="12" version="8">
> > > > <frame>
> > > > <clip import="classes.swf"/>
> > > > <library>
> > > > <clip id="menu" import="lib/menu_item.swf"/>
> > > > <clip id="feed" import="lib/feed_body.swf"/>
> > > > </library>
> > > > <call object="stub" method="main"/>
> > > > </frame>
> > > > </movie>
> > > > ---------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > The symbols are imported into the library, but some symbols inside
> > > > them are placed onto the stage. Let me explain: The clip
> > > > "menu_item.swf" is a very simple clip, with a (child) movieclip as
> > > > background, and the option text. What happens is, its child clip
> > > > (the
> > > >
> >
> > > > item background) is placed onto the stage, even though it
> > > > shouldn't.
> > > > When I do an AttachMovie, the menuitem is attached, but WITHOUT the
> > > > background. Looking at the flash console output, I see these
> > > > warnings
> > > >
> >
> > > > (maytbe not related to the problem) just before the method
> > > > "main" is
> > > > executed:
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------------------------
> > > > Warning: Failed to place object at depth 1.
> > > > Warning: Failed to place object at depth 1.
> > > > ----------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Same problem with the other clip.
> > > >
> > > > I've decompiled the generated SWF with a SWF extraction tool, and I
> > > > see that the child clip is NOT present in the parent item, but
> > > > it IS
> > > > in the library. In the parent, in the place where the clip
> > > > should be,
> > > >
> >
> > > > I see a "yellow anchor", and Flash complains about the child clip
> > > > belonging to a shared library, when I try to open it.
> > > >
> > > > So... can anybody please give me general guidelines on how to
> > > > import
> > > > SWF's and its limitations? Should it work flawlessly? maybe version
> > > > problems? I'm working with everything set to Flash 8. I have been
> > > > reading this maillist and nobody complains about a similar problem,
> > > >
> > so
> >
> > > > maybe it's just my fault.
> > > >
> > > > Also, the "call object" thing seem not to be working. Is it
> > > > neccessary? or I can safely use the MTASC -main thing? that one
> > > >
> > works!
> >
> > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > >
> > > > Please dont hesitate in asking for more information. I'd be more
> > > > than
> > > >
> >
> > > > grateful with anybody helping me out to solve this problem
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > rodolfo lopez pintor
> > > > nebular streams
> > > > _nebular at nebular.tv_ <mailto:nebular at nebular.tv>
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