swf files?

[Troy Rollins]

On 11/14/02 10:52 PM, "Wolfgang M. Bereuter" <wmb at internettrainer.com>
wrote:

> Hello list,
> maybe I have missed something but 1.1.1. cannot handle flash files...
> Will 2.0 do that?
> If yes, is it possible to control them with the Animation Manager or
> what else?
> Sorry if that is a ignorant question...

Unless they are weaving up some serious magic that they haven't even hinted
at, I would think that SWF would continue to be handled as a QuickTime
object. This would translate to using player objects, and needing the
QuickTime plugin on the user's machine.

Animation manager is kind of neat, but is not up to handling SWF files.
Personally, I'm not expecting dramatic changes in that area, besides perhaps
usability and interface enhancements.

The good news is that through QuickTime, you can already do a lot with SWF
files, providing they are coded for Flash 5 and below, QT even supports
their interactivity. Via debugStr, you could even do certain types of
data-sharing and inter-application communications can be handled in several
ways.

All my way of saying - I doubt you'll see it get any more "native", but you
can already do quite a lot.


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