Flash Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.03, by Dr. Herong Yang
SWF File Structure
This section describes the SWF file structure - a header element followed by a list of tags.
SWF version files are binary files with different types of elements concatenated together in the order shown below:
Header FileAttributes tag Definition tag or Control tag Definition tag or Control tag Definition tag or Control tag ... End tag
Short descriptions of SWF file elements are:
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