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SWF (ShockWave Flash) is the format used for Flash objects.

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How can I play a .swf file using Google Chrome?

I have a *.swf file, and I don't have flash player installed on my Windows XP machine. Is there any way to play the .swf file using Google Chrome or is there any web app that allows me to play .swf? I don't mind installing any browser plugin, but I…
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How can I view .swf files within Mac OS X?

I have been sent a number of .swf files as attachments. I wish to view these within Mac OS X. I used to drag them directly into Safari and it would display them. However, after installing Safari 4 I only get a blank white window content when I do…
teabot
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How to play SWF files without browser

I like to play some downloaded Shockwave Flash (.SWF) files without opening my internet browser. Sometime ago, I remember I could do it just double clicking on the SWF item. Then it was opening in a plain Shockwave window. Now XP won't play ball. I…
Mehper C. Palavuzlar
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Is there a way to convert SWF animations to movie files on Linux?

Is there any Linux tool that will take a SWF file and output some kind of video format? Note that I don't want a tool which will re-encode an embedded FLV or MP4, I want to take a standard Flash movie and render it as a video. I found a reference…
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How can I force Chrome to refresh a page, ignoring cached Flash files?

A couple other questions on superuser.com discuss the shortcut ctrl+F5 in Chrome. In theory, that shortcut should cause Chrome to refresh the current page while ignoring cached content. However, it does not appear to work for files downloaded by a…
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How to save streamed Flash (SWF) files

I know how to save Flash (swf) files with or without software and on different web browsers, but there are some files which load (stream) the data (may be a certain set of frames) from their web server or stuff like that, so when we save them they…
Junaid Saeed
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Convert Flash SWF to Video File Format (e.g AVI) on Mac OSX

I want to convert the SWF Flash with Audio file to Video File (AVI). I do not use Adobe Flash Editor. Is there stand alone SWF converter software for MacOSX?
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How to batch print SWF files to PDF?

I am using windows 7 X64. I have installed Adobe Acrobat, so that I have a virtual PDF printer. I have also install the adobe flash player on the system. I open the SWF file using the flash player, and from the flash player I can print the file to…
Chen Stats Yu
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Export flash file frames as images

I have a flash (.swf) file consisting of 10 frames. Note that this is not a flash video file (.flv) Each frame is composed of 50 separate objects that are positioned appropriately (either manually or via tweening). Is there a tool that will allow me…
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Downloading video from SWF

If I am seeing a SWF video in my web browser (sample: http://www.somename.com/swf/x92154) how can I download the video to disk? If I use Save As it is saving .swf, not the video.
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Converting SWF to WMV

I've been searching on the web for tools (online and desktop) to convert SWF files to WMV. We don't have the original FLA files anymore, and these SWF contain how-to software instructions. Some tools I've tried: MediaCoder, Format Factory, SWF…
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Open source/free .fla file editor?

Is there any free software to edit .fla file? Platform: Linux or Windows will do.
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A command-line tool to convert SWF to SVG?

I need to convert a whole bunch of static SWFs to SVGs and I was hoping that there was some sort of command line tool I could use so I could script it with PowerShell. Does anyone know of such an application?
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Is there a command-line application for converting a one-frame Flash movie to SVG?

Is there a command-line application for conversion of a one-frame Flash movie to SVG? This project doesn't contain any files.
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How do I convert SWF into a PDF?

I want to convert a SWF document to into PDF. The SWF can be found here (Update: no longer available): http://www.imsindia.com/online/tests/test_111.swf And I would like to be able to convert or save it down as a PDF. How do I go about doing that?
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