Re: [Swftools-common] Using swfcombine to produce AVM2/AS3 compatible movies

[Matthias Kramm]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 06:12:40PM +0000, Stefan Richter <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm also evaluating some Powerpoint to SWF conversion tools. One of  
> these tools produces AVM1 SWFs. Using this conversion tool I have  
> produced a SWF called air.swf. I would now like to use swfcombine to  
> 'convert' it into a AVM2 SWF, but I am having no joy. Is it even  
> possible?

No. You can't convert AVM1 to AVM2. It's a completely different thing.

> I am thankful for any tips. Maybe only certain SWFs (those produced  
> with pdf2swf) can be 'transformed' to AVM2 in this way?

Well, SWFs produced by pdf2swf usually contain almost no ActionScript.
The only thing they do in AS is handling links, and stopping frames
if the "-t" option is given.

Greetings

Matthias