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from just downloading it and trying it doesn't open FLA files or pubish them.. so probably not BUT i could well do it! theres seems to be a lot plug ins and add ons, its all in that geeky language only computer geeks understand :lol: i know you've dealt with Linux projects ad7venture in the past so you probably have a better chance of deciphering open source projects, which on the whole go over my head if you can find something that has a timeline and opens and publishes FLA files it'll work the closest is Swish but that doesn't do FLA's either but you can build SWF's that can be used in lassie... there was a Linux project that looked damn close but i'm green as the hills with Linux and couldm't install from the command line :oops: plus Lassie doesn't work in Wine so i didn't try to hard

Yeah, Flashdevelop builds swf files, never heard of FLA, but I don't know anything about Flash.

It appears mtasc, the compiler in Flashdevelop can handle FLA files from this page: http://osflash.org/mtascappdev/docs/firststeps - start the Flash IDE - make a new flash (.fla) file - drag a button and a alertbox from the “UI Components” on the stage, or make a double-click on the components - when the components are in the library you can even delete it from the stage - mark the only frame in the timeline, so that you see the action panel and add a class reference to the application logic Unless they mean the Flash IDE is actual Flash. That could be. Oh well.

Yeah, Flashdevelop builds swf files, never heard of FLA, but I don't know anything about Flash. FLA is the Flash-native project file format. It's the Flash equivalent of Photoshop's PSD.

FLA is the Flash-native project file format. That would probably be why it doesn't work for open source. Swf is closed I guess, but they released the specs. They probably keep a tighter handle on FLA. Se La Vi

Yeah, Macromedia (and now Adobe) have kept a tight leash on Flash. Thank goodness. It's a saving grace to have a top dog call the shots on a media format. When there isn't a watch dog, you get trapped in the abysmal scenario of inconsistent interpretors. Case of point: HTML/CSS rendering. It's gotten to the point where you almost CANNOT build a website without creating multiple stylesheets to make it work it Firefox, Safari, IE6, and now IE7. Sad part is, probably the most difficult of all those browsers to make render the same would be the two IE's, and they're both Microsoft products. Even Javascript doesn't render the same across all browsers. Just last week I had to re-phrase some JS code so that Safari would interpret it the same as Firefox. However, the sealed format of Flash works blissfully identical in all arenas without hacks, cracks, multiple builds, or prayers to the media-deployment Gods. All thanks to that file vault that sets and maintains the standards. And THAT is worth $300 bucks a copy.

And THAT is worth $300 bucks a copy. It's just a hobby for me, so I would argue the point. I suppose it's because I don't have much. I live pretty much on the poverty line. Actually I'm well into the poverty line according to the government. There are plenty of free alternatives that have very good quality so it makes a good hobby for someone at home a lot with little money. I was just doing a little project with Nige and got interested. OpenLaszlo looks like an interesting open source online thing I might play around with after this project.

the Flash8 trail version lasts 30days.. its plenty long enough to get an insight to whether you could find a use for it and it doesn't have any limitations.. thats what i did before i made any sort of commitment

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