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     make 
     make install
 
     make 
     make install
 

-3.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
+3.) configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
+
+    In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local,
+    try the following:
+
+    LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" ./configure
+
+    Furthermore, a new installation of jpeglib (the following assumes it's in
+    /usr/local/lib) often requires doing a
+
+    ranlib /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.a
+    ldconfig /usr/local/lib
+
+4.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?

 
     No. pdf2swf only runs on Unix platforms, like Linux, *BSD, MacOS X, etc.
 
     No. pdf2swf only runs on Unix platforms, like Linux, *BSD, MacOS X, etc.

-    There have been some successes reported on compling pdf2swf on Win32 using
+    There have been some reports on more or less successfully compling pdf2swf on Win32 using

     Cygwin (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin), however, there's no working version
     yet.
     If you want to use pdf2swf, find a Unix machine.
 
     Cygwin (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin), however, there's no working version
     yet.
     If you want to use pdf2swf, find a Unix machine.
 

-4.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?
+5.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?

 
     Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues.
 
 
     Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues.
 

-5.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
+6.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!

 
 

-    Yes.
+    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).

 
 

-6.) How to get Flash MX compression with SWFTools?
+7.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
+
+    It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (256 color palettes with alpha) since version 0.4.2. 
+    Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.3, however
+    it seems most Flash players don't handle the alpha channel in the resulting 
+    32 bit images correctly.
+
+8.) How to get Flash MX compression with SWFTools?

 
     Most tools support the -z flag for outputting compressed SWF.
     Furthermore you can compress/uncompress SWF files using swfcombine:
 
 
     Most tools support the -z flag for outputting compressed SWF.
     Furthermore you can compress/uncompress SWF files using swfcombine:
 

-    swfcombine -dz file.swf -o file_new.swf
+       swfcombine -dz file.swf -o file_new.swf

 
     compresses, while
 
 
     compresses, while
 

-    swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf
+       swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf

 
     decompresses.
 
 
     decompresses.
 

-7.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
+9.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!

 
 

-    There used to be, however it was shut down due to lack of traffic. The archive
-    is available as raw INBOX file on http://www.quiss.org/swftools/list.tar.gz.
+    Try using the -p (--flip) switch.

 
 

-8.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
+10.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?

 
 

-    Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
+    First list all extractable items:
+
+       swfextract myfile.swf
+    
+    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
+
+    Not you can extract a shape using
+
+       swfextract -i 2 myfile.swf -o shape.swf
+
+    a sound using
+       
+       swfextract -s 28 myfile.swf -o sound.wav
+
+    a PNG image file using
+       
+       swfextract -p 318 myfile.swf -o file.png
+
+    etc.
+
+11.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
+
+    There used to be, however it was shut down due to lack of traffic. The archive
+    is available as raw INBOX file on http://www.quiss.org/swftools/list.tar.gz .