Northcode announces SWF Studio V3
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SWF Studio V3 is a professional quality replacement for the stand-alone projector that comes with Macromedia Flash, but SWF Studio allows you to do a lot more than just wrap your SWF in an executable. SWF Studio allows you to leverage your knowledge of Macromedia Flash or your favorite Flash authoring tool to create powerful rich media desktop applications and screensavers.
The driving philosophy behind every aspect of this release of SWF Studio has been to provide you with a tool that will let you work smarter, instead of harder. SWF Studio V3 delivers an unprecedented amount of power into the hands of Flash developers but makes it easy to use with an extensive help system that's integrated into the Flash authoring environment. The attention to even the smallest details, like using the same shortcut key as Flash to publish, make V3 a real joy to use.
We've included hundreds of fixes and improvements requested by our users and added an impressive list of ground-breaking new features that you won't find anywhere else. The full list of new changes would take hours to read, so we've compiled a summary of what's new in SWF Studio V3. Sorry, it's still a huge list.
The Flash OCX issues that plagued old versions of SWF Studio, and still affect some of our competitors, have been resolved in V3. Every V3 application is a 100% stand-alone, zero-install executable. That means you don't have to install anything to use them, they just work. The applications you create with SWF Studio V3 will run on all of the desktop Windows operating systems including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Our license from Macromedia to use their Flash player technology ensures that the applications you create with SWF Studio V3 are 100% legitimate. Finally, an swf2exe tool with no legal issues and no deployment issues to worry about. Power and peace of mind in one package.
We don't like software with trial periods that expire just as you're becoming comfortable with them so SWF Studio V3 has an unlimited trial period. All of the applications and screensavers you create with the trial version of SWF Studio will only work for one day after they are first run. Except for that small difference the trial version of SWF Studio is fully functional.
Download SWF Studio V3 and then visit our online store to buy V3 today and save hundreds of dollars on the most advanced swf2exe development tool available. Our introductory offers won't be repeated or extended and it all ends August 15th, 2005.
About Northcode Inc.
Northcode Inc. is a provider of software and custom development solutions for the multimedia marketplace. Our flagship product, SWF Studio, allows users of Macromedia FlashTM to take Flash "beyond the browser" and enter new markets developing desktop applications, screensavers, CD-ROM front-ends and more. We're on a mission to enable Flash users to enter these new application spaces and compete directly with mainstream development languages like Visual Basic, Delphi and C++.
General Inquiries
Email: info@northcode.com
Tel: 613.789.0101
Fax: 613.789.7680
Screenweaver 3 OS (open source)
I just posted in the News section of the board that Screenweaver, a SWF2EXE app has just become Open Source.
Screenweaver provides developers all of the tools required to build full-fledged, full-featured desktop applications and Screensavers using Flash and their favorite programming language. Extend your skillset to exciting new uses of Flash technology.
This tool is similar to ZincV2, SWFStudio, etc. but now OPENSOURCE!
Official web:
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Direct download of binaries: Here
Northcode releases a FREE productivity tool for Macromedia Flash users
When you double click on an FLA file it opens the last version of Flash that you used instead of the version of Flash that was used to create the FLA. If you have multiple versions of Flash installed, every click to open an FLA file is like rolling the dice. If you lose you get the "Unexpected file format" message, which really means "open me in the right version of Flash please".
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If the last version of Flash you had open was MX 2004 and you double click on a version 6 (Flash MX) FLA file it will open, but it can take a looong time and then you still have to close Flash MX 2004 and reopen the FLA in Flash MX so you can edit it without making a mess of the FLA.
Admittedly the amount of time lost isn't huge, but it sure is annoying and life would be so much easier if the FLA was just opened in the right version of Flash. Well, I finally got fed up and created a utility that will do this... the Flash Version Checker and Launcher or FLAver for short.
When you install FLAver it hijacks the FLA format from Flash and associates all FLA files with FLAver.exe so when you double click on an FLA file it is opened by FLAver first. FLAver doesn't actually open the FLA file for editing, it just looks that the version of the FLA file and at the versions of Flash you have installed and chooses the closest version match for the FLA file. If you try to open an FLA file and you don't have a version of Flash that can open those FLA files FLAVer will present you with an error message like the one below, otherwise the FLA just opens in Flash and you can go on about your business.
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Download your FREE copy of FLAver today.
About Northcode
Northcode Inc. is a provider of software and custom development solutions for the multimedia marketplace. Our flagship product, SWF Studio, allows users of Macromedia Flash to take Flash "beyond the browser" and enter new markets developing desktop applications, screensavers, CD-ROM front-ends and more. We're on a mission to enable Flash users to enter these new application spaces and compete directly with mainstream development languages like Visual Basic, Delphi and C++.
General Inquiries
Email: info@northcode.com
Tel: 613.789.0101
Fax: 613.789.7680
SWF Studio Version 3.4 with Vista Support and Student Pricing
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SWF Studio now supports all versions of Windows Vista and we've improved stability on all other operating systems.
SWF Studio allows you to provide an application manifest so you can take advantage Vista's User Account Control (UAC) system.
You can now add Vista Icons to your applications. These are the fancy new icons that support RGB/A at 16x16, 32x32, 48x32 and 256x256 pixels.
You can now write SWF Studio plugins using C# and VB.NET and access the functionality of the .NET platform from your Flash applications. The .NET plugin SDK is installed automatically with SWF Studio.
What we removed from SWF Studio may be even more important than what we added. This release resolves some major issues and makes SWF Studio more stable than ever before.
- no more UAC prompts for elevation on Windows Vista
- no admin privileges required to run on Vista
- no more DEP exceptions on XP SP2
- no more crashes when playing Flash video in embedded browsers
- no more MSVC runtime errors
- no more crashes when using getURL or native Flash print functions
You can launch your V3 applications from UNC paths now, no need to map a drive or run from a local drive.
SWF Studio plugins now have full unicode support
For a complete list of what's new and changed in this release, be sure to check out the Release Notes for the current build.
Download the FREE Trial version.
VueTRAC released the first public beta of Sylph, an Adobe AIR application packager
Top features of Sylph:
- Secure, files in an air application, including .swf and other assets, are not extracted to local disk at runtime.
- Efficient, only requested file data are loaded into memory.
- Portable, the compiled application works on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
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Northcode Releases SWF Studio 3.7
What is SWF Studio?
SWF Studio is a tool for turning SWF files into full featured applications and screensavers for the Windows desktop. You can use Adobe Flash, Flex Builder or third party authoring tools like KoolMoves and SWiSH Max to create your SWF files.
Why should you choose SWF Studio?
The best reason we can give you is the one our users keep giving us... "it just works". When you're under pressure, you need a tool that can handle the job and a team that will be there to help. SWF Studio is the tool and Northcode is the team. We've been doing this for over 8 years. We'll be there when you need us.
What's new in SWF Studio version 3.7?
SWF Studio 3.7 uses Flash Player 10 and supports Flash CS4 and Flex Builder 3.0.
SWF Studio also ships with AS3 class files for our ActionScript API. This means that you can use SWF Studio with tools like KoolMoves 7 that support AS3 but don't work with SWC files.
Splash screens in SWF Studio can now be SWF files and transparency is automatically enabled so your splash screens can be any shape you like. We've also added new Splash.* commands to let you communicate with your splash screens and show or hiide them whenever you like!
Take control of the amount of memory your application is using. Find out how much memory your application is using at any time by calling the new SysInfo.getProcessMemoryInfo function and then call SysTools.releaseMemory to free up virtual memory instantly.
There's a new plugin in this release that provide fast, flexible, byte-level access to binary files of any size. Use the BinaryFile plugin to seek to any location in the file, read or write as many bytes as you like.
See the release notes For a complete list of what's new, changed and fixed in this version.
How do I get my hands on this?
If you already own a copy V3 (any release) then this is a FREE upgrade for you. If you're a registered user, just go to the Registration Lookup Page, retrieve your registration details and use the included link to download the latest build.
Download your FREE trial version of SWF Studio today. The trial period is UNLIMITED so you can really get to know it before you buy it. No pressure.
Buy SWF Studio for only $99, No Foolin!
It may be April Fool's Day, but this offer is no joke!
For today only you can buy a full commercial version of SWF Studio Professional for just $99 US!
This is your chance to own the best SWF2EXE tool available at an unbelievable price, but you'll have to act fast!
Just enter nofoolin in the coupon code field in our online store and you'll receive a whopping $200 discount!
Northcode Releases SWF Studio V3.8
If you already own a copy V3 (any release) then this is a FREE upgrade for you. If you're a registered user, just go to the Registration Lookup Page, retrieve your registration details and use the included link to download the latest build.
Download your FREE trial version of SWF Studio today.
Added in this release
Added support for generating Windows 7 compatible applications.
Updated the Flash player bundled with SWF Studio to version 10.0.45.2 (flash10e.ocx) from version 10.0.12.36.
Updated Sysinfo.getOSVersionInfo to support Windows 7.
Added Splash.setPosition and Splash.setVisible to provide additional control of splash screens.
Shell.setNotify now supports two new events: onShellExecuteWaitForWindow and onShellExecuteWaitForExit which allow you to receive both events from a single call to Shell.execute instead of using the mutually exclusive waitForWindow and waitForExit flags on the call to Shell.execute.
Browser.setNotify now supports the onWindowClosing event to notify you when the current page attempts to close the browser window using JavaScript. The Browser class does not permit the window to be closed, but now you are notified when the attempt is made in case you want to take some action
Added onMouseButton to Browser.setNotify to allow detection of mouse clicks over an embedded browser window. One limitation of this event is that it can only catch mouse down/press events, not the up/release events.
Added Browser.setUserAgent to allow the application to control the UserAgent sent to the server with each URL request.
Added Browser.getHWND to return the window handle of the embedded browser.
Added Scratch.writeFile and Scratch.readFile to support adding large files (anything over 10MB) to the Scratch area, and later extracting them to disk.
Added support for sending and receiving binary data to the UDP plugin (version 23) and the TCP plugin (version 22).
Added support for binding to a specific local IP address to the UDP plugin (version 24).
Added Mouse.setCapture, Mouse.releaseCapture and Mouse.getCapture to allow Flash to receive mouse events when the mouse is outside the bounds of the application window.
Added SysTools.createGUID to create universally unique ids.
Added new Sentry commands to build and manage an application white list to make the Sentry commands more useful. Sentry.buildWhiteList, Sentry.addToWhiteList, Sentry.removeFromWhiteList, and Sentry.clearWhiteList. Added Sentry.useWatchList and Sentry.useWhiteList to select the mode in which the Sentry works. Added Sentry.getWhiteList and Sentry.getWatchList to make list management easier.
Added ssGlobals.ssOriginalWorkingDir so you can get the working directory that was inherited from the process that started your application, or the working directory that was assigned to your application (if it was started by a call to the CreateProcess API).
Added onSystemCommand to App.setNotify to allow you to block or implement custom actions for the move, minimize, maximize and restore system commands.
Added a setTimeout method to the HTTP plugin (version 42) to provide control over how long the HTTP plugin waits before generating a timeout error on certain events.
Added SysTools.getWindowCaption to allow you to find your own window caption. You can also get the caption for any window you have a handle (HWND) for.
Added SysInfo.getAdaptersInfo to return information about the installed network adapters inclduing IP addresses linked to each adapter.
Added a timeout parameter to App.sendData to prevent calls from blocking if the destination application is hung or not responding.
Tray.setNotify now supports an onTrayBalloonClosed event to let you determine how a tray balloon was closed. Possible reasons are a click on the balloon, clicking the close button, balloon tip timeout or forced close resulting from a call to Tray.hideBalloon.
Added a new parameter to App.setKioskMode called skipRegMods which tell SWF Studio not to attempt to modify the registry as part of enabling kiosk mode as this causes a UAC prompt on Vista and Windows 7 if the user doesn't have administrator privileges.
Added the forceShow parameter to App.showMsgBox to allow a message box to be displayed even when the main application window is not visible.
Updated HTTP.start with a new optional parameter that allows you to bypass IE proxy settings and make direct connections.
Added ssGlobals.ssFlashHWND to return the window handle of the Flash OCX for the main application.
Changed in this release
Modified how FSCommand EXEC works so legacy Flash applications don't have to move their files out of the fscommand folder. The fscommand folder is not necessary when you make yoru EXE with SWF Studio but if you can't change your code, SWF Studio will do the right thing so your EXEC calls will just work.
Removed xstub.exe and xpatch.exe (for ActiveMark support) from the installation. Because of the way these EXE files work, some antivirus software was flagging them as potentially dangerous even though they are not. If you need support for ActiveMark, please contact us and we'll provide you with the necessary files.
ssCore.Shell.execute now captures the standard error (stderr) stream along with the standard output (stdout) stream when using the saveStdOut flag for all applications so it's no longer necessary to use command line redirection to capture the stderr stream.
SWF Studio now completely removes user registration details when the software is uninstalled.
The size of some EXE files has changed since the last release. Standalone EXE files were 3.6MB in 3.7 and are 4.2MB in 3.8. Compact EXE files were 2.7MB in 3.7 and are 3.2MB in 3.8. Tiny EXE files were 1.2MB in 3.7 and are 1.2MB in 3.8. Unbundled EXE files were 1.8MB in 3.7 and are 4.2MB in 3.8.
SWF Studio V2 (Classic) Update
This is a FREE release of a classic version of SWF Studio.
You can use SWF Studio V2.5 for personal or commercial use without any restrictions. Recompile your old V2 applications to give them new life or create brand new Flash applications for Windows.
· FREE for commercial or personal use
· 100% Standalone V2 Executables
· works on XP, Vista and Windows 7
· same FSCommand API as V2
· same Flash 7 player support as V2
· asynchronous commands only
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We are releasing V2.5 for FREE but we will not be providing free support, updates or bug fixes.
We recommend using SWF Studio V3 if you need to develop commercial Windows applications with Flash.
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Impression Software Suite
Introducing Media Connexus Impression Software Suite
Impression Studio
Slide-based presentation software is now a thing of the past. Impression Studio enables anyone, of any skill level, to create and deliver multimedia presentations. Revolutionary features completely upend the presentation paradigm. With Impression Studio, presenters can quickly author, edit, and publish engaging and compelling presentations. Moreover, presenters are freed from spending time selecting which lame effect, which stale transition, and which mismatched font to use from their current slide-based presentation software. Impression Studio themes are truly that – cohesive and comprehensive themes designed by professional graphic designers. With Impression Studio, presenters are left to focus on their message and the story they want to tell.
Impression Designer
Impression accomplishes this feat by utilizing the rich media power of Adobe Flash and Impression Designer. As a Flash developer, leveraging your design and Flash ActionScript 2.0 skills into the Impression Software Suite is exceedingly intuitive and simple. In addition, Impression Designer opens up numerous new revenue opportunities for you:
- You can now offer your clients custom rich media presentation solutions that will neither break the bank for them, nor become a nuisance for you.
- As a value added reseller of Impression Studio, you have the opportunity to earn extra revenue by selling Impression Studio directly to your clients.
- You can create semi-custom themes for sale to Impression Studio users who can’t afford to commission a custom theme, plus provide them with customization services.
Impression Designer includes a full-featured version of Impression Studio so you can quickly and easily test your themes and create your own presentations to advertise your services.
Please, take a moment to visit our website at www.mediaconnexus.com. Impression is so revolutionary, it truly must be seen to be believed. We have a number of sample presentations (http://mediaconnexus.com/impressionstudio.html) as well as a great many short video tutorials (http://mediaconnexus.com/impressionstudiotutorials.html) to introduce the Impression Presentation Platform. We offer free evaluation versions of both Impression Studio and Impression Designer. In addition, we’re offering both at special introductory rates.
If you have any questions, you can contact me at sales@mediaconnexus.com.
Thank You!
Jeff Springer
SWF Studio and Windows 10
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If you said yes to the recent Creators Update to Windows 10 or you have been getting Windows Insider builds, then you already know that it caused problems with SWF Studio applications.
Starting with Windows 10 build 17127, SWF Studio applications just stopped working!
According to the debug logs, SWF Studio applications were not able to find the virtual registry entries for the embedded Flash OCX and the EXE was forced to bail during startup.
A change in Windows 10 that affected our registry virtualization turned out to be the culprit.
The problem has been resolved and tested and we're getting ready to release the fix.
If you're a registered user and you want to try the fix today, just send an email to support@northcode.com and ask for it!