generate HAVE_ZLIB from HAVE_LIBZ and HAVE_ZLIB_H.

[swftools.git] / FAQ

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+++ b/FAQ
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 3.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
 
     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.
@@ -33,29 +33,73 @@
 
     Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues.
 
-5.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
+5.) 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?
+6.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
+
+    It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (alpha palettes) 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.
+
+7.) 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:
 
-    swfcombine -dz file.swf -o file_new.swf
+       swfcombine -dz file.swf -o file_new.swf
 
     compresses, while
 
-    swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf
+       swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf
 
     decompresses.
 
-7.) 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.
-
 8.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
 
     Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
 
+9.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
+
+    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.
+
+10.) 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 .
+