How to compile perl source to SWF file?

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Re: How to compile perl source to SWF file? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Oct 02, 2004 at 19:25 UTC
Well, I'll be damned. I didn't know SWF::Builder existed till just now. It comes with "asc.plx - SWF ActionScript compiler script." Looks interesting and fun. But it also looks like about a million times more difficult than using Macromedia Flash (which has automatic "tweening" for all the difficult things like animations and alpha changes) as diotalevi mentioned.	[reply]
Re^2: How to compile perl source to SWF file? by shenme (Priest) on Oct 02, 2004 at 19:56 UTC
And I may be reading it all wrong, but it looks like you can code as Perl object method calls that "build up" to a SWF file. That is, it looks like you could code either .as ActionScript source files or .pl code! AND, I just looked at what _else_ Yasuhiro Sasama has done, SWF::File . From one part of the readme: SAMPLE SCRIPT dumpswf.plx parses a SWF file and converts it to a perl script that outputs the same SWF file. These two modules together, is this like GD was for GIF files, allowing dynamic creation and output of SWF files? (Gaaah! Now I'm really worried I'll see even more of them Flash! creations? Bleaah!)	[reply]
Re^3: How to compile perl source to SWF file? by Anonymous Monk on Oct 04, 2004 at 10:38 UTC
I meant Perl perl interface to Ming. http://ming.sourceforge.net/ But I need online version for this Flash creator. Hosting service have no and does not support any SWF modules.	[reply]
Re: How to compile perl source to SWF file? by diotalevi (Canon) on Oct 02, 2004 at 18:54 UTC
You can't. That's what Macromedia Flash is for.	[reply]
Re: How to compile perl source to SWF file? by mattr (Curate) on Oct 03, 2004 at 17:04 UTC
The SWF modules look great, I always wanted something like that. There is also an interesting article about vnc2swf.	[reply]