Re: creating swf files?

Of course you can create a swf without using a swf input file, you would use the -out option for that. Read the instructions on mtasc.org. Best, however, is to use swfmill to create a swf that holds your symbols, then use mtasc to inject the code. Have a look at swfmill.org for more info on creating symbol swf's.

 

- Luke

>>> "Baluta Cristian" <cristi.baluta@...> 13/06/2008 5:33 am >>>

you can't create a swf with mtasc. mtasc compiles code into an existing swf file. so you'll finaly have your initial swf with fonts, vectors and others + the code. this is faster because only the code is compiled.

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Kent <kent@...> wrote:

I am trying to learn what I need to do to create a swf file from an
ActionScript 2.0 file using mtasc.  I have a taken a sample code from a book
and compiled it with mtasc and it works just fine as long as I use the swf
file that was also included with the sample.  If I instead compile
with "mtasc -swf x.swf -main -header 550:400:12 x.as" so that it makes the
swf file from scratch it doesn't work.

I ran flasm on both swf files and on the one that mtasc created.  Some code is
missing from the created file that is present in the original file and in the
file modified by mtasc when the swf file is reused.  The code that is missing
is as follows.

========================
 defineMovieClip 4 // total frames: 30

   frame 0
     stop
   end // of frame 0
 end // of defineMovieClip 4

 exportAssets
   4 as 'AvatarSymbol'
 end // of exportAssets

 frame 0

constants 'av', 'this', 'avatar', 'Avatar', 'rav', 'randomavatar', 'RandomAvatar'
   push 'av', 200, 300, 0.0, 'this'
   getVariable
   push 'avatar', 5, 'Avatar'
   new
   varEquals
   push 'rav', 100, 100, 1, 'this'
   getVariable
   push 'randomavatar', 5, 'RandomAvatar'
   new
   varEquals
 end // of frame 0
============================

I am at a loss to understation what I need to do to create a working swf file
with mtasc.

I appreciate any help you can give me.

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