[swfmill] Problems importing SWF's

[Alex H]

Hi Rodolfo,

I've seen exactly the problem you are describing for some time.

All I can tell you right now is that to fix it, you must shut off all 
movieclip-defined effects (blur, drop shadow, etc) and then it will work 
better with SWFMILL.

Cheers,
-alex

Rodolfo Lopez @ nebular streams wrote:
> Hi! First of all, congratulations to the SWFMILL team for such a 
> promising tool. You guys really rock!
>
> I'm having problems when trying to create an assets library using 
> SWFMILL. Version: subversion trunk, 0.2.12.6, freshly compiled. Also 
> same problem with 0.2.12.0.
>
> The problem is, the imported SWF's get broken. I've done a very simple 
> test, just importing a couple clips:
>
> ------------------------------------
> <movie width="1024" height="768" framerate="12" version="8">
>         <frame>
>                 <clip import="classes.swf"/>
>                 <library>
> <clip id="menu" import="lib/menu_item.swf"/>
> <clip id="feed" import="lib/feed_body.swf"/>
> </library>
> <call object="stub" method="main"/>
> </frame>
> </movie>
> ---------------------------------------
>
> The symbols are imported into the library, but some symbols inside 
> them are placed onto the stage. Let me explain: The clip 
> "menu_item.swf" is a very simple clip, with a (child) movieclip as 
> background, and the option text. What happens is, its child clip (the 
> item background) is placed onto the stage, even though it shouldn't. 
> When I do an AttachMovie, the menuitem is attached, but WITHOUT the 
> background. Looking at the flash console output, I see these warnings 
> (maytbe not related to the problem) just before the method "main" is 
> executed:
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Warning: Failed to place object at depth 1.
> Warning: Failed to place object at depth 1.
> ----------------------------------------
>
>
> Same problem with the other clip.
>
> I've decompiled the generated SWF with a SWF extraction tool, and I 
> see that the child clip is NOT present in the parent item, but it IS 
> in the library. In the parent, in the place where the clip should be, 
> I see a "yellow anchor", and Flash complains about the child clip 
> belonging to a shared library, when I try to open it.
>
> So... can anybody please give me general guidelines on how to import 
> SWF's and its limitations? Should it work flawlessly? maybe version 
> problems? I'm working with everything set to Flash 8. I have been 
> reading this maillist and nobody complains about a similar problem, so 
> maybe it's just my fault. 
>
> Also, the "call object" thing seem not to be working. Is it 
> neccessary? or I can safely use the MTASC -main thing? that one works!
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Please dont hesitate in asking for more information. I'd be more than 
> grateful with anybody helping me out to solve this problem
>
>
>
>
> rodolfo lopez pintor
> nebular streams
> _nebular at nebular.tv_ <mailto:nebular at nebular.tv>
>
>
> rodolfo lopez pintor
> nebular streams
> _nebular at nebular.tv_ <mailto:nebular at nebular.tv>
>
>
>
> rodolfo lopez pintor
> nebular streams
> nebular at nebular.tv <mailto:nebular at nebular.tv>
>
>
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