README

INSTRUCTIONS:
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compile using :

% ./configure
% make  (or gmake if you're on a BSD-based system)

run using :
% ./swf_parse [filename here] 
this provides a dump of all information in an SWF file
and can also be made on its own by using '% make swf_parse'

%./text_extract [filename here]
extracts all the text and urls from an SWF file
and can also be made on its own by using '% make text_extract'



MANIFEST:
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README              : this file
Makefile.in	    : the makefile for the project
parser.[ch]         : the test harness, prints out contents of an SWF
		    : file in a close a manner to the official Macromedia parser.
tag/*.c             : specific tag parsing/destroying routines
swf_parse.[ch]      : miscellaneous parsing/constructors routines
swf_destroy.[ch]    : miscellaneous destructor routines
swf_error.[ch]      : error codes and code->string routine
swf_types.h         : the types
print_utils.[ch]    : utilities for printing our various types
configure.ac        : configure macros
swf_memory.h.in     : cope with architecture independant U32 etc
oldswfparse.cpp     : the official Macromedia code
gpl.txt             : the Gnu General Public licence
TODO                : stuff left todo
dos.pl		    : a Perl script which turns DOS into Unix style line
		    : endings
text_extract.c      : an app that will extract all the text and urls from an SWF
lib_swfextract.c[h] : library built on top of libswfparse for extracting text, 
                    : urls and eventually images and sound 

PROBLEMS:
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There are issues, namely ...
o getting records sucks c.f todo file
o garbage collection is probably terrible
o ... this is because I can't program C for toffee and have been learning as I go along. This is why the code is horrible in general.
o Err, it's not finished

AUTHOR:
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Simon Wistow
email    : simon@twoshortplanks.com
homepage : http://www.twoshortplanks.com/simon/,
           http://www.twoshortplanks.com/flash/




LICENCE:
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Copyright (C) 2001  Simon Wistow <simon@twoshortplanks.com>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.