[Swftools-common] New to SWFTools with questions

[Brett W. McCoy]

Hi, I'm new to Flash, never used it before (not even in Windows), and I 
am venturing into it with all of the free tools, using Linux, and got 
some stuff installed this weekend... so forgive me if these seem like 
questions with obvious answers.  I do have a programming background in 
C/C++, Perl and Java, though, so hopefully I can pick up on things quickly.

1. Is there formal documentation on the scripting language used for 
swfc?  There is a manual online on the SWFTools site, but I am looking 
more for a reference, with each command listed and all of the available 
options for each command (like how there is a man page for each C function).

2. Is this scripting language something invented for SWFTools or is this 
an implementation of a more standardized thing?

3. On a more practical note, any tips on creating a progress indicator 
when loading a Flash file using the SWFTools?

4. What happened to OpenSWF?  It looks like something interesting but 
doesn't seem to exist anymore...

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