FLASH: .swf problems

[paul]

Hello,


So far I have been cursed :-) This is my third attempt to get this 

into the mailing list...


I have a few questions about .swf files.  On my Mac, the associated 

application seems to change depending on the where the file comes 

from. I built a test and published the .swf. When i clicked on it, it 

was started with a projector that I had published earlier (with 

another .swf embedded in it).  When I received a .swf through email, 

it was associated with Quicktime. I looked at the File Exchange under 

the Apple, but it didn't seem to have an entry for .swf.


I am guessing that the .swf that I published had an id in the 

resource fork that somehow managed to associate it with the Mac 

Projector I built earlier, but even this doesn't make sense??? I used 

Eudora as a emailer, and I don't understand why it would call 

Quicktime for the other .swf. The original email was from another 

Mac, with Flash installed, so I assume that it would add the 

appropriate mime-type to the mail which should translate to Flash.


All of this has me really confused. Are .swf's supposed to be 

associated with an application, and if so, which one? I can open an 

.swf with Quicktime, a flash projector, and with Flash directly. 

What's the default? What happens on Macs that don't have Flash 

installed?


If I email a .swf file to someone, how can I ensure that it will be 

opened and displayed properly?


Is there a way to change a file's application without using ResEdit?


Also: How variable are the run rates for flash? I have been seeing 

timing differences for the same flash on difference OS/hardware as 

large as 1 1/2 minutes to 10 minutes? What would cause this?



Paul.

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