Re: FLASH: [F5] Is it possible to revert a swf file...

[John Dowdell]

At 12:15 PM 10/11/0, Dr. James K. Butler wrote:

> I had a major system crash and lost important files including

> a Flash file which was not backed-up. I do have a very recent

> version of the file in SWF format. It it possible with Flash 5

> to REVERSE "engineer" a SWF file into a Flash file? If so, how?


I'm sorry that the hard drive failed... that's happened to me, too.


Unfortunately, a SWF is a compact delivery file, and doesn't contain all

the authoring structures that were stripped out of the FLA. That's one way

it can be so much smaller than a FLA. You can get the artwork and

sequencing by importing the SWF, but that's about it.


If the only copies of that file were on the ruined drive, then the only

path I see might be some type of disk-recovery utility or service, sorry.


(After getting burned on the inevitable disk failures before, I now

habitually save important work to a new driver at the end of each working

session. That's of no use now in this situation though, I know. :(


jd







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