Re: FLASH: runtime packer...

[Simon]

Ahhh I see,

 From a mac point of view I only know about Stuffit, although how much 

is debateable ..... I know that files can be compressed so they 

automatically get uncompressed on download but I'm not sure how to go 

about automatically executing uncompressed files.


>At 14:58 04.07.00 +0100, you wrote:

>>Is there any chance of telling me what a runtime packer is and why 

>>I might want to use one?

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>>>does anyone know a runtime packer (like "UPX" or "Crunch") which 

>>>does not destroy a flash projector ?

>>>Does the same thing for mac exist ?

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>A runtime packer is a tool which compresses executable files 

>(Flash-projectors) but leaves them executable. The moment the user 

>starts i.e. the eCard, the runtime packer unpacks the data to the 

>memory and executes it. If you ever tried to make a standalone flash 

>projector, you might have noticed that simply converting the .swf to 

>.exe makes the file about 300k larger. If your job is to stay under 

>600k this can be pretty annoying.

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