I need to do a simple edit to a flash website - free flash editor?

[Marcos]

Do i have to install macromedia flash or is there something small and simple and free i can download?

[mysticmog]

I don't know a free one but a cheap Flash software is Express Animator (expressanimator.com) which is fairly simple to install.

[Marcos]

i have macromedia flash now, but are flash sites a 1-way process or something? cant seem to easily edit my friend's site files

[digit]

Surely they are like any other web site, you have to ftp pages or in this case files to the web server?

[TiG]

You'll need the .fla file not the SWF file.

SWF is the compiled flash, and shouldn't be touched, you need to compile your movie from the FLA file if indeed thats what you are talking about.

TiG

[santa claus]

Yup, as TiG says, you use the .fla to create your .swf (which is the file you ftp up to your webspace). You'll have to instal Flash to make the changes and generate the new .swf (shock wave flash) file. If you don't have the .fla, you can use a decompiler to create one from your .swf. Happy to tell you more if you need help

[MarcLister]

You'll need the .fla file not the SWF file.

SWF is the compiled flash, and shouldn't be touched, you need to compile your movie from the FLA file if indeed thats what you are talking about.

TiG

I did some Flash work a few years ago. This rings true. You get two kinds of files the .fla that you work on and then the .swf that is a compressed compiled version of the .fla to be published to the website.

[Marcos]

i dont have access to the .fla, so i found a flash decompiler that let me edit the text i needed to

it wont let me edit the pages completely though, but ive done enough

[TiG]

You'd never be able to do that on professional stuff, i've protected all my flash work and decompilers wouldn't work.

If you need to do any more work I suggest you get hold of the .fla file.

Much easier to work with and the right way of doing it.

TiG

[santa claus]

You'd never be able to do that on professional stuff, i've protected all my flash work and decompilers wouldn't work.
TiG

You have a reliable script TiG? Will it prevent your actionscript from being extracted too?

[Marcos]

You'd never be able to do that on professional stuff, i've protected all my flash work and decompilers wouldn't work.

If you need to do any more work I suggest you get hold of the .fla file.

Much easier to work with and the right way of doing it.

TiG

i only really needed to do that one edit, but i will tell the people who own the site to get the .fla from the designers