NAME

       makeswf - actionscript compiler

SYNOPSIS

       makeswf [OPTIONS] <frame_content> ...

DESCRIPTION

       makeswf  is  a  command  line  interface  to  the Ming library actionscript compiler, with
       support for embedding prebuilt content.

       frame_content can be either: an ActionScript source file, a bitmap file (png or  jpg),  or
       an  SWF  file.   Non-ActionScript  input  files are currently only recognized by extension
       (png, jpg, swf). Files with other extensions  will  be  assumed  to  contain  ActionScript
       source code.

       Each frame_content will be stored in a separate frame of the output.

       ActionScript code is preprocessed using cpp before being compiled, this allows (among many
       other things) grouping  multiple  sourcefiles  into  a  single  frame  by  using  #include
       directives. (See PREPROCESSOR below.)

       Bitmap  or  SWF  content will be stored in a MovieClip named after the corresponding input
       filename with path and extension removed. This allows easy referencing of the  content  by
       ActionScript code.

OPTIONS

       -o --output <output>
              Write SWF file to <output>. Default is ``out.swf''.

       -s --size <width>x<height>
              Set output frame size in pixels (defaults to 640x480).

       -r --frame-rate <frame_rate>
              Set output frame rate (defaults to 12).

       -v --swfversion <swfversion>
              Set output SWF version (defaults to 6).

       -c --compression <compression_level>
              Set output compression level (0 to 9). Defaults to 9.  Use -1 to disable.

       -b --bgcolor <background_color>
              Set  background color using hex form (0xRRGGBB).  If omitted, no SETBACKGROUNDCOLOR
              tag will be used.

       -I <dir>
              Add <dir> to the include search path.  The option is passed to the C preprocessor.

       -D <macro>[=<def>]>
              Define <macro>.  The option is passed to the C preprocessor.

       -i --import <library.swf>:<sym>[,<sym>]>
              Import named symbols from the given SWF file and store them into a

       -a --init-action <source.as>[:<frameno>]
              Compile the given source AS file as an init action for frame <frameno>.

       -n --network-access network|file
              Force addition of a networkAccess flag with given value.  For SWF8  or  higher  the
              FileAttribute  tag is mandatory so will be present anyway, with a default of 'file'
              access. You can use this flag to both change the default for SWF8+ and  to  provide
              the  optional  tag for SWF8-.  The tag basically determine the resources sandbox to
              use when the movie is loaded from the filesystem, in an exclusive manner.

       -h --help
              Print quick help.

       -V --version
              Print version and copyright info.

PREPROCESSOR

       makeswf invokes the C preprocessor on each of the given source filenames before  compiling
       them.  The preprocessed version is named after the output file with ".frame#.pp" appended;
       check this file when looking for line numbers reported in syntax errors.

       An __SWF_VERSION__ macro is automatically provided  so  that  ActionScript  code  can  act
       differently based on target player; it is set to the output SWF version (changed with -v).

AUTHOR

       Written by Sandro Santilli <strk@keybit.net>

COPYRIGHT

       Code is released under the GNU GPL license.

                                           27 Mar 2005                                 makeswf(1)