Re: FLASH: dissecting fla files

[Toon Van de Putte]

At 10:17 2/03/00 -0800, you wrote:



>Not that I know of. I've always relied on carefully labeled layers, 

>comments in the timelines (rather than labels, which get exported to 

>.swf), and text narratives that I write myself. I know that's less than 

>ideal, and it would be great to have a better tool, especially with 

>ActionScript becoming a bigger part of Flash movies.

>

>It almost seems a flowchart is needed, or at least an outline (which most 

>word processors easily create and edit). I hope someone else will have 

>other ideas, or even the incentive to develop a tool.


That 'Fast!' tool (shareware: http://swifftools.com/stools/) someone 

recommended helps a lot with the ActionScript, but i'd love a good util 

that lists all variables or something in a movie (or MM could add a 

'variable library' or something to keep track of it all).


Now, for flowcharting, i've discovered the *ideal* tool: StarOffice 5.1's 

Star Draw. It's very easy to use, you can make a neat (and very flexible 

and editable!) flowcharts in record time, and it can export to vector .eps 

format, so you can import it again in Illustrator or Flash. It's a lot 

better than using Illustrator or Word for flowcharts, and it's 100% free!


Greetz all,


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Toon Van de Putte -

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