RE: FLASH: .swf problems

[Mats Persson]

Paul,


This maillist server has been acting a bit funny during the past week or so,

so don't feel cursed. :)


To answer your questions:


1.  All .swf files on the Mac will open with the Flash player if they are

still associated with Flash in their resource fork.


2. If your .swf file does NOT have this info in the resource fork, then they

will be automatically associated with QuickTime and hence the QT icon and so

on. You get the same with JPG's and other items that lack the resource fork.

(QT can handle a multitude of formats, and therefore acts as a standby

'interpreter' when the 'real one' is missing.


3. As for your projector connection. Well, I don't know, this doesn't make

complete sense. The only thing I can think of is that it open up the Flash

Player application (your so called projector) and shows the .swf in there.


4. This has nothing to do with Eudora or any other program. There is no real

sure default version for a .swf on the Mac, since it has multiple version to

open it.


5. Yes, you can change the file association of .fla's and .swf's. Just go to

www.flashkit.com or www.were-here.com and look for "FlashTyper 2". This

handy freeware gives you two drop icons which changes the file association

for you in a flash.



6. If you wish to ensure that someone on another computer can view your

flash file, then you have two options.


a. Projector version. = Either a Mac or PC projector must be sent to the

other person. So you need to know their computer and then send them the .exe

or Mac projector.


b. HTML version = Include the .swf with a HTML file that loads the

presentation.



The easiest version of all of this is to send the end user an e-mail with

the URL to your presentation and then everything should work OK.



7.  Processor speed & RAM and graphics and browser version, or a combination

of those. Look at MM's site and I'm sure you'll find some further info about

it.




Hope that helped you


Mats



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Sent: 17 January 2001 17:01

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Subject: FLASH: .swf problems



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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