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About SWF Studio

Flash was originally created to deliver high-impact, low-bandwidth, vector animations on the web, but Flash can also create a stand-alone executable version of any Flash movie (SWF file). These executables are commonly called projectors because they play movies. The original reason for creating projectors was to allow people to send SWF files to someone who did not have the web based Flash player installed on their machine.

People discovered that these "projectors" could be used for everything from building splash screens for CD's to simple desktop applications. The need for more functional desktop applications led to the creation of simple tools for extending Flash which in turn created a market for more professional third party Flash projector tools like SWF Studio.

SWF Studio is a professional quality replacement for the stand-alone player/projector that comes with Adobe Flash^TM but SWF Studio allows you to do a lot more than just wrap your SWF in an executable. SWF Studio allows you to leverage your knowledge of Adobe Flash ^TM or your favorite Flash authoring tool to create powerful rich media desktop applications and screensavers.

Standard Flash Projectors When you publish your movie in Flash you can tell Flash to create a stand-alone projector as well as the default SWF file, using the Flash Publish Settings dialog. The SWF file format was designed to run in a browser on the internet and the projector file is a standalone application to make your movies viewable without using a web browser. The ability to create executable files was enough to start a revolution. Suddenly you could create animated CD splash screens in Flash, you could distribute games written in Flash and create simple web-enabled desktop applications. The ability to create projectors opened new markets for Flash, but the lack of integration with the desktop operating system meant limitations on what could be created in Flash.

SWF Studio Enhanced Projectors SWF Studio picks up where Flash stops and uses the SWF files created by the Flash publish process to create enhanced projector files. You add SWF Studio commands to your FLA file and then publish your SWF file. During the build process, SWF Studio combines your SWF file with our ActionScript API and the SWF Studio runtime engine to enable the commands you placed in your FLA. The result is an enhanced projector that has access to functionality previously available only from mainstream development languages like Visual C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, etc.