On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, R.J. Balahura wrote:
> Check out Swift Generator. I haven`t used it, but its a lead and it does
> what you want cheaply.
I've used it extensively, and it works well but I would
prefer something in Java. I don't want to have to make system
calls, and there's no source. As a last measure I will use
it or a commercial tool but I don't want to.
The java library is located here:
http://www.anotherbigidea.com/javaswf
I just sent a message to the author asking how things
are progressing. There hasn't been much going on with
it lately. My first attempt will be to modify this
library.
jvz.
>
> Could you post the tools you are going to be using, I think there are some
> people who could benefit from this knowledge including myself.
>
> Thank-you,
>
> Rob
>
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Jason van Zyl wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anyone actually have anything going with dynamic flash
> > output?
> >
> > I have four weeks to get a proof-of-concept together,
> > and this is my plan:
> >
> > o use WebMacro to allow designers to specify an SWF
> > file amongst, and substitution instructions. What these
> > instructions will be I haven't figured out. Or maybe
> > WebMacro might not be appropriate for sites that
> > are completely flash. I don't know yet.
> >
> > o to do the substituting i will use a commercial tool
> > if necessary, but there is a java library (that
> > has a GPL license, but will be moving to Apache)
> > that is fully capable of parsing/generating SWF
> > files. The code is clean, and it doesn't look like
> > it would be that difficult to add some simple
> > substitution functionality.
> >
> > o Come up with some sort of FlashScreen that will
> > do the substitutions in the backend and output
> > the modified SWF stream. I know there was some
> > talk of this, I'll look throught the archives.
> > But there is an ImageScreen or something that
> > I could use as the basis for binary output.
> >
> > The site that I'll be working on will be a history
> > of science site for kids and it has to be done
> > in flash, but we need a backend and I'm going to
> > use Turbine. So I'm going to make this work
> > one way or another, and I just wondered if
> > anyone has anything like this in the works or
> > has had any success with commerical products?
> > I remember someone saying they were using
> > Blue Pacific's SWF tool.
> >
> > jvz.
> >
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