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NewComputer
Mar 3rd 2005, 8:11 am
I have been given a flash file that a customer had built for him. He wants the flash file to play in a web page, problem is, it is an .exe file. I can click the file and make it work, but how do I get it to load within the webpage?
digitalpoint
Mar 3rd 2005, 9:15 am
I don't think you can... it would be a huge security issue if client machines would blindly execute whatever arbitrary .exe file a website wants them to. You would need to get the Flash file as a "normal" flash file (.swf).
SEbasic
Mar 3rd 2005, 9:16 am
You might be able to import the .exe into flash, then save it as an swf...

Don't quote me on that one though.
Lever
Mar 3rd 2005, 9:31 am
Once it's a .exe (Windows Projector) file I don't think you can import it (not in Flash 5 anyway) they're meant for standalone play. Can you not get the client to go back to his designer and have him ask them to export the original .fla to an .swf version? That is assuming he's still in contact and they still have the source file?
NewComputer
Mar 3rd 2005, 9:40 am
There is lies the problem, the reason I am taking over this project is because the first company were a bunch of clowns. He asked him to send him the files and was greeted with "NO".

So his options were to take him to court to get the files or try to find another way to do it. Is there a decompiler or something that can extract the .fla or .swf from the exe?
SEbasic
Mar 3rd 2005, 9:46 am
Not that I know of...

You'd think that it'd be easy enough to make an swf from the exe file, but I guess it's not...

I guess that you could capture it as a video and then make an swf from that, but that really wouldn't look good, and it also wouldn't be interactive.
Josh
Mar 3rd 2005, 10:24 am
Try the sparkle flashkeeper from http://www.flashkeeper.com/download.htm

They say that it can convert .exe to swf, and viceversa.


Josh
NewComputer
Mar 3rd 2005, 11:02 am
I found one and was able to get it working. Thanks for the help gang.
Agent47
Mar 5th 2005, 5:03 pm
I found one and was able to get it working. Thanks for the help gang.You can further use Imperator °FLA (www.ave-imperator.com) to convert your .swf file to Editable .fla file with layers and actionscript.