SWFTools is free of charge, and is released under the GPL
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).
-2.) How to compile/link swftools?
+2.) How to compile/link swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
- Download swftools-0.4.2.tar.gz and t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz.
+ Download swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz and t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz.
- gzip -d swftools-0.4.2.tar.gz
+ gzip -d swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz
gzip -d t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
tar -xf t1lib-1.3.1.tar
cd t1lib-1.3.1
make
make install
cd ..
- tar -xf swftools-0.4.2.tar
- cd swftools-0.4.2
+ tar -xf swftools-0.x.x.tar
+ cd swftools-0.x.x
./configure
make
make install
-3.) configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
+3.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
+
+ You need t1lib and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf.
+ Links:
+ t1lib:
+ ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/libs/graphics/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
+ t1lib (mirrored here):
+ http://www.quiss.org/swftools/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
+ jpeglib:
+ http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
+
+ Furthermore, if you want to compile avi2swf, you need the avifile library:
+ http://avifile.sourceforge.net
+ .
+
+4.) when compiling the sourcecode version, configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local,
try the following:
If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache"
before running configure again.
-4.) There are problems during compilation:
+5.) There are problems during compilation:
Error messages complain about "undefined reference to `operator new(unsigned)'"
as well as "undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'".
LDFLAGS=-lstdc++ ./configure
-5.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
+6.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
- Windows versions of all SWF utilities can be downloaded at
- http://www.quiss.org/swftools/swftools-win32.zip
+ Windows versions of all SWF utilities (except for avi2swf) are downloadable from
+ http://www.quiss.org/swftools/download.html
.
- You need to unzip the Archive to C:\SWFTOOLS to make it work though-
- otherwise pdf2swf won't be able to find it's fonts.
+ Notice: For now, the utilities need to be installed to C:\SWFTOOLS to make pdf2swf work-
+ otherwise it won't be able to find it's fonts.
-6.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?
+7.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
- Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues.
+ Watch the output of pdf2swf closely.
+ You should see something like:
-7.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
+ WARNING Font Myriad-Roman could not be loaded.
+ WARNING Try putting a TTF version of that font (named "Myriad-Roman.ttf") into /swftools/fonts
- Try running pdf2swf with the "-v" switch.
- If you see a line reading "substituting VerySpecialFont -> Times-Roman", then pdf2swf
- didn't find some fonts, which may be external references in the pdf.
- To fix this, copy the fonts into your current directory and pass the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./)
- option to pdf2swf. (This doesn't yet work with TTF, only with Type1 Fonts. You can
- convert TTF to Type1, however, using ttf2pt1 (http://ttf2pt1.sourceforge.net)).
- The font files should, in this case, have the filenames VerySpecialFont.afm and
- VerySpecialFont.pfa (.pfb).
+ Provided you actually own the font in question (here: Myriad-Roman.ttf),
+ you can copy that fonts into your current directory and pass
+ the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./) option to pdf2swf.
+ If you use a page in several PDFs, you can also simply copy it
+ to (on Windows) C:\SWFTools\Fonts\, or (on Unix) /usr/local/share/swftools/fonts
+ to make it work all the time.
8.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
The result is something like:
Objects in file myfile.swf:
- Shapes: 1, 2, 3
- MovieClips: 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
- JPEGs: 69, 116, 447
- PNGs: 318
- Sounds: 28, 29, 30
- Frames: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
+ 3 Shapes: ID(s) 1-3
+ 5 MovieClips: ID(s) 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
+ 3 JPEGs: ID(s) 69, 116, 447
+ 1 PNG: ID(s) 318
+ 3 Sounds: ID(s) 28-30
+ 10 Frames: ID(s) 0-10
Not you can extract a shape using