Flash Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.03, by Dr. Herong Yang
SWF File Example - rectangle.swf
This section provides a tutorial example of SWF files, rectangle.swf, showing a rectangle with 5 tags.
To show you the basic structure of a SWF file, I created a simple SWF file called rectangle.swf based on an example given in the SWF 10 specification document.
Here is a hex dump of the rectangle.swf with the header and tags identified:
# HEADER 0x465753034F0000007800055F00000FA000000C0100 # SETBACKGROUNDCOLOR tag 0x4302CCCCFF # DEFINESHAPE (rectangle) tag 0xBF0023000000010070FB49970D0C7D5000011400000000 0x0125C9920D21ED488765303B6DE1D8B40000 # PLACEOBJECT2 tag 0x8606060100010000 # SHOWFRAME tag 0x4000 # END tag 0x0000
You can actually create your own rectangle.swf file by taking all Hex numbers presented above and convert them into a binary file.
If you open rectangle.swf with a Web browser with Flash player installed, you will see a rectangle displayed:
Table of Contents
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Firefox
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Chrome
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Safari
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX for IE
Using "object" Elements for Flash Files
Using "embed" Elements for Flash Files
"mp3player" - MP3 Music Player
SWFObject - Hidding "object" behind JavaScript
SWFTools - SWF File Manipulation Tools
SWFC Script to Generate Flash SWF Files
ActionScript Embedded in SWFC Script
AS3Compile - ActionScript 3 Compiler
►SWF File Example - rectangle.swf
SWF File Example - Dump Output
SWF File Definition and Control Tags