FLASH: check this out! (batch image/sound/text replacement)

[til]

hi,


apparently most of you have never worked with the coolest third-party 

(freeware!) flash tool, so here is a little step by step explanation how to 

i.e. get the batch image replace done:


get swift-generator from http://www.swift-tools.com


I made a movie which only has 1 frame and placed a bitmap called "demo.gif" 

on the stage. Exported it to "demo.swt". (Export as Generator Template)


Open dos command box, run "swiftgen -d demo.swt > demo.sws"


You now have a text-dump of the content of "demo.swt" which looks like this:


demo.sws

-------------

% Script template from Flash file demo.swt


INPUT "demo.swt"


% Output for testing

OUTPUT "export.swf"

% Output for CGI

%OUTPUT -cgi "-"


TTFPATH "C:\WINDOWS\Fonts"


DEFINE IMAGE "demo.jpg" -size 77,83  "new.jpg"

----------


open "demo.sws" in a text editor, replace "new.jpg" with the name of the 

image you want to have inserted (or write a script which batch replaces the 

OUTPUT parameter and the "new.jpg" filename). save it.


run swiftgen demo.sws

voila. you got "export.swf" and demo.jpg is magically replaced by new.jpg.


This also works for sound and text and the new version of swift generator 

can directly connect to a MySQL database to fetch variables. I know. I 

sound like a sales representative for swift generator. i am not. This 

program is just so damn cool that i can't believe you can use it for free 

(if you include his banner on your site).


Thank you Olivier Debon.


The fact that you can replace text in a flash movie you made 2 years ago 

(and lost the source movie due to a "forgot to backup" incidence) makes 

invaluable alone.


Bye,

Till



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