I'm running the latest dev snapshot. I had a customer's PowerPoint that
crashes Flash Player. The PPT is being converted to PDF using
OpenOffice.org and then to SWF using pdf2swf.

 

I've tracked the problem down to a semi-transparent shadow (PPT
terminology) on the left side of the object. The shadows doesn't render
properly in OO or the PDF viewer. The resulting SWF crashes the Flash
Player. 

 

The PPT, PDF and SWF are all available if anyone wants to looks at them.

 

If you want to create your own follow the steps below:

 

1. Create a new blank presentation.

2. Create a diamond shape (rectangles do not exhibit them problem).

3. Apply a shadow to the shape, place it on the lower left side and set
it to be semi-transparent in PowerPoint (50%-60% in OO Impress)

4. Export the presentation as a PDF. I use OO Impress.

5. Convert to SWF with pdf2swf -T 9

6. Open with Flash Player.

 

In PPT the shadow displays properly. In Impress and the PDF, the shadow
is just an outline. I assume this is contributing to the problem.

 

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Rob

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