How do I successfully update my flash/actionscript file?
December 29, 2009 10:29 PM   Subscribe

How do I successfully update links within an actionscript file for a Shockwave Flash file? so the default links don't always come up. I have tried updating it several times using many programs.

A while back I downloaded a Flash file from istockphoto.com. The file is an Australian Flash Map.

Instructions say to basically change the default links within function.as (actionscript file) and it should work straight away.

I've used many programs to update the file including Notepad, Wordpad, NuSphere PHP editor & Adobe Flash CS3. Each time I attempted to try update the file on the server I cleared my cache using CCleaner.

I had this working about a year ago, but I can't remember how I did it :/

I've spent a couple hours on the Internet but no-one seems to be having the same problem except on one website with no replies or comments.
posted by Bacillus to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)
 
.as files are usually compiled into the swf itself. So you need to re-export the swf from Flash and it will grab in the code from the .as file, if you have it in the proper place. Then upload the new swf and you should see the change.
posted by drjimmy11 at 10:35 PM on December 29, 2009


If you want to directly edit the contents of an SWF, you need a specialized SWF editor. I know of two, neither of which are freeware:

Flashdigger

SWF Quicker

I've been using Flashdigger for years. It works very well but it's less than friendly. I tried using the one month trial of SWF Quicker; it is a lot more friendly but I had some problems with it failing in unusual ways. It also costs twice what Flashdigger does.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:56 PM on December 29, 2009


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