Creating SWF Files

[axcho]

I had the idea of making a stick animation program sort of like Pivot, except it would create a SWF instead of a GIF. I would appreciate any information about the SWF file format and how to create those files. I have some experience with assembly programming, so I can probably deal with the bytecode.

If that's not possible, I could probably have it output ActionScript to paste into Flash, but then you would also need Flash, and it's kind of messy. Any suggestions?

[Musicman]

Hi,

suggest to look at tools that already create swf, like ming, mtasc. There is even a php only library (a bit slower on the server, but one does not have to bug the hosting company about software they dont know). Have a look at what these things do, and how they do it.

Musicman

[axcho]

Thanks for the suggestions. I just found a site that looks like it might have all the information I need. I guess the next thing to find out is how Flash programs can manipulate files.