Sothink SWF Decompiler Readme File

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Table of Contents
* Description
* What's New
* Features
* Requirements
* Installation
* Uninstallation
* License
* Contact
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DESCRIPTION
Sothink SWF Decompiler is a leading flash decompiling tool
to catch, decompile, view, and extract Shockwave Flash
movies (.swf and .exe files), especially convert your
SWF to FLA,SWF to FLEX project. With Sothink SWF Decompiler,
you can find out almost everything in a Flash movie.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 5.5
Build: 538
New Features:
* Support playing FLV, F4V saved on your local disk
in preview window.
* Upgrade SWF catcher for firefox to version 1.4.
Fixed bugs:
* Fix some minor bugs.

Version 5.4
Build: 535
New Features:
* Extract SWF from Flash (EXE format).
* Search ActionScript in all AS files of selected Flash.
* Upgrade SWF catcher for IE to version 3.3, which
supports Windows 7.
* Optimize sound playing for preview mode.
* Enable to play single sound in standalone player.
* Auto-select the related language based on system
language.
* Italian and Korean are available for interface
language.
* Add command "Tools" on menu bar.
Function Modified:
* The trial version does not support exporting video
any more.
* For the users who have installed Firefox, the SWF
Catcher for Firefox will be automatically installed
during the program installation.
Fixed bugs:
* Fix some minor bugs.
 Version 5.3
Build: 528
Fixed bugs:
* Unable to play Flash file in EXE format in Preview
window.

Version 5.3
Build: 526
New Features:
* Support Windows 7.
* Improve the program's stability.
* Optimize the program interface to improve its
usability.
* French interface is available.
* The export path for FLA/FLEX supports multi-language.

Version 5.2
Build: 521
New Features:
* Optimize the decompiling engine, and improve the
accuracy.
* Adopt Unicode to optimize the interface language for
the various localization.
Function Modified:
* Add "Test Before Buy" on window "Unregistered Version".
* Remove simplified Chinese from the program.

Version 5.1
Build: 516
New Features:
* Support multi-language interfaces, the available
languages including simplified Chinese, traditional
Chinese, English and German.
* Support exporting the SWF files made by FLEX
to FLEX project files.
* Support Windows XP/Vista/Server 2008 64-bit OS.
* Optimize the multi-export panel.
Fixed bugs:
* The error pops up when opening the SWF file in Flash
Player.
* Fix the error about ribbon bar.

Version 5.0
Build: 503
New Features:
* Support Flash CS4(10.0).
* Add the option "Use SWF file name as the
subdirectory" in the dialog "Export FLA".
* Add the option "Export as Flash CS4 (10.0) format
in the dialog "SWF Decompiler".

Version 4.5.1
Build: 90120
Fixed bugs:
* Some bugs in decompiling ActionScript.

Version 4.5
Build: 81208
New Features:
* Optimize the appearance.
* Enhance the function for playback control bar.
* Add thumbnail for video and audio file; optimize the
audio file when exporting FLA.
* Support exporting AS files in HTML format.
Fixed bugs:
* Correct the path error when adding the files from
root directory by clicking the button "Add File".
* The program crashes when dragging the file to the
panel "Multi-file Export".
* The thumbnails are incorrect while previewing the
resources.

Version 4.4
Build: 80916
New Features:
* Add navigation bar in the preview window to view the
resources.
* Optimize the setting for "Multi-file Export".
* Modify the update link to check the latest
information.
Fixed bugs:
* Set the same background for thumbnails and original
image.
* The preview window docks the original position when
returning to the thumbnails from the image.

Version 4.3
Build: 80806
New Features:
* Multi-file (SWF or EXE file) can be parsed and
converted into FLA files at the same time; and
resources can be exported too.
* Support Windows 2008.
* SWF catcher supports getting the Flash movie from the
browser Firefox 3.0.
* Add the format "*.fla" for exporting all the
components.
* Add a checkbox included the options "Reset Default",
"Reset All Formats to FLA" and "Reset All Formats to
SWF" in the dialog "Export Resources".

Version 4.2
Build: 80625
Fixed Bugs:
* The program got crashed when launched on Windows 2003.
Version 4.1
Build: 80421
New Features:
* Make significant update to user interface, similar to
Office Fluent user interface.
* Optimize the display of ActionScript in Resources
Panel. When decompiling AS3.0, support showing AS
Class structure like folder-tree according to its
path in package.
Fixed Bugs:
* Correct the error about decompiling ActionScript.

Version 4.0
Build: 80225
New Features:
* Support ActionScript 3.
* Compatible with Flash CS3 (9.0).
* Provide Thumbnail View.

Version 3.7
Build: 70607
Fixed Bugs:
* An error of out of memory appeared when analyzing
some SWF files containing large images.
* Some bugs in decompiling ActionScript.

Version 3.6
Build: 70208
Fixed Bugs:
* The exported FLA file in Flash 7 format which has
font linkages could not be opened in Flash MX 2004.
* Some bugs in decompiling ActionScript.
Version 3.5
Build: 61122
Fixed Bugs:
* Crashed or didn't respond when decompiling or
exporting some SWF files.
* The Flash program crashes or shows nothing when
opening some exported FLA.
* Some bugs in decompiling ActionScript.
* The property settings of color transform are incorrect
for some elements of exported FLA.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler 3.4

Build: 60912
New Features:
* Support expanding the sprite frame by frame, which
can not be done in previous version.
* Within the Action folder, detail the action information
to frame, which is listed only by sprite in previous
version.
* Include font linage in the converted FLA, which is lost
in previous version.
Fixed Bugs:
 * Some bugs in decompiling ActionScript.
Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler 3.3
Build: 60720
Fixed Bugs:
* Can not support the video generated by Flash 8
correctly.
* Can not distinguish some SWF files' version
automatically.
* Add a link of "Sothink Flash Template" to trial
version, which will not be shown in registered
version.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler 3.2

Build: 60616
Fixed Bugs:
* The function of "convert static text to shape" cannot
work correctly (only existed in build 60515).
* Sothink SWF Decompiler crashed by a few SWF files that
do not tally with SWF format specification.
* The converted FLA can not be opened in Flash since the
swf movie has too much images (1000+).
* Some static text offset in the converted FLA.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler 3.1

Build: 60515
Fixed Bugs:
* Modify the parsing code according to the official file
format specification of SWF 8.
* Support recovering 9-slice scaling and text anti-alias
properties.
* There is blank movie when viewing the frames of SWF
file and the Decompiler may crash.
* If the generated FLA is in Flash 6 format and it
contains multi-byte text, the text string is incorrect.
* The text position and size are wrong when converting
some static text.
* Some mistakes in decompiling ActionScript.
* Can not parse some of the files that do not tally with
the specification of SWF.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler 3.0

Build: 60330
New Features:
* Support exporting FLA in Flash 8 format.
* Add Sothink SWF Catcher for Firefox.
Fixed Bugs:
* The default quality of sound/image in the exported
FLA file is different from the original one.
* Some bugs of decompiling ActionScript code.
* Optimize the memory usage of program.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2005c

Build: 51128
New Features:
 * In exported FLA, name the symbol using <type ID> such
as shape 11, button 20, etc. instead of using
<symbol number>.
* For symbol with linkage, sign the name of linkage in
the () appended to its name.
Fixed Bugs:
* Support working on VPC of MAC computer. The earlier
version has got error message when running on VPC of
MAC.
* Some errors in decompiling ActionScript.
* When exporting frame, the names of all exported files
are "frame0.swf".

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2005c

Build: 51108
New Features:
* Add playback control-bar on the interface. And you can
view the movie or element in original size or size
matching the window.
* Show setting dialog automatically when exporting fla
file.
* The exported text file can be saved as .txt format.
* Support exporting ActionScript in .as format.
* Elements list by tag ID in the category.
Fixed Bugs:
* Incorrect color of image after exporting transparent
image e.g. *.png.
* Some errors in decompiling ActionScript.
* Some texts display wrongly in the exported fla file.
* Problem of embedded font.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2005b

Build: 50628
New Features:
* User can choose to generate Guideline or not when
converting to FLA file.
* Support converting Static Text to Shape.
Fixed Bugs:
* Can not recognize some components generated by Flash 7.
* Some errors in decompiling Action Script.
* Some mistakes of analyzing motion tween.
* Some mistakes of analyzing morph shape.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2005b

Build: 50408
New Features:
* Support converting swf that contains video to fla.
Fixed Bugs:
* Decompile ActionScript incorrectly of some swf
movie using multi-ConstantPool
* Decompiler takes long time to analyze and decompile
the movie that includes too many linkages.
Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2005a
Build: 50330
Fixed Bugs:
* The exported fla in Flash 7.0 format can not
be opened on Mac computer if the original
swf contains image.
* Crash when analyzing a swf movie that contains
midi sound.
* Some Action Script expressions are incorrectly
decompiled.
Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2005a
Build: 50318
New Features:
* Completely support Flash MX 2004 (7.0) and
ActionScript 2.0 now.
* If the swf file contains ActionScript 2.0 classes,
Decompiler supports exporting the Flash Project
file (flp) including .fla and .as files.
* Support converting the swf that contains components to
fla file and you can edit and configure them in Flash.
* Support storing different types of symbols in
individual Library folder when converting to fla.
* Optimize the engine of Decompiler to improve the
quality of decompiled code.
* Enhance the exporting function of image, sound
and video.
* Enhance the motion tween parsing.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2005

Build: 41221
Fixed Bugs:
* Cannot open some exported FLA files in Flash on Mac.
* Incorrect alignment of some text.
* Incorrect analysis of certain motion tween.
* Actions of certain buttons were lost when
exporting FLA.
Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2005
Build: 40915
Fixed Bugs:
* When opening the exported fla in Flash, any edition
to Library will cause confusing.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2005

Build: 40827
Fixed Bugs:
* Some text are converted incorrectly in
exported .FLA file.
* Use too much system memory when converting swf
to fla if the swf contains large MP3.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2005

Build: 40730
* Support exporting flash movie in FLA format.
* Support exporting the image with transparent
 pixels in png format.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2004

Build: 40614
* Fixed some minor bugs

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2004

Build: 40517
Fixed Bugs:
* Crashed while parsing some SWF files

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2004

Build: 40430
New Features:
* Support Flash MX 2004 (Flash 7.0) and
ActionScript 2.0.
* Support extracting/exporting Flash Video
(.flv) file.
* Support extracting/exporting Morph Shape.
* Support extracting/exporting other SWF
tags (Import Assets, Export Assets, etc.).
* More information about the extracted SWF
tags (Bounding Box, Text string, etc.).
* Add "Hex" tab in information dialog.
* Support copying, deleting and renaming files in
the Explorer Bar.
* Added a "display line numbers" option for
ActionScript.
* Support coping/finding text in Action Script.
* New Windows XP theme compatible interface.
Fixed Bugs:
* Fixed the "file not found" error while browsing
the files in Internet Explorer cache under Windows XP.
* Crashed while parsing some damaged SWF files.
* Some Action Script codes were decompiled incorrectly.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2002 Pro

Build: 30212
* Fixed the bug in "Build 30116" and "Build 30106"
which cause the exported BMP image in wrong format.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2002 Pro

Build: 30116
* Fixed the bug in "Build 30106" which cause
the Decompiler lost some action coeds in
some buttons.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2002 Pro

Build: 30106
* New IE Capture Engine is powerful enough to
catch any swf movie in IE browser.
* Enable to preview the movie before save it.
* Fixed several minor bugs.
 Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2002 Pro
Build: 20912
* Support to display Action Script P-Code and
Row Data.
* Fixed several bugs while decompiling ActionScript
code.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2002 Pro

Build: 20816
* Fixed a bug that frame rate is always 12
* Fixed several bugs while decompiling
ActionScript code.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2002 Pro

Build: 20616
* Fixed several bugs while decompiling ActionScript
code.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2002 Pro

Build: 20523
* Fixed several bugs while decompiling ActionScript
code generated by Flash MX

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2002 Pro

Build: 20324
* Can analyze action code of Flash MX.
* Compatible with Flash MX player ActiveX.
* Support compressed SWF format of Flash MX.
* Support other new features of Flash MX.
* Solved the crash problem when the exported font
movie is imported in Flash.
* Fixed one wrong keyword.
* Fixed some confused flash code.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler 2002 Pro

Build: 20221
* Newly added Flash Capturer component enables users
to capture the Flash movies in Internet Explorer.

Version: Sothink SWF Decompiler 2002 Pro

Build: 20204
* The first release
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FEATURES
* Provides a user-friendly interface to quickly browse
and play SWF from your hard-drive or network.
* Supports Flash movies, Flash videos in SWF, FLV, F4V and
EXE format.
* Extracts the resources of SWF and sorts them in categories.
 * Decompiles and generates neat and readable code of action
scripts.
* Supports to export any selected element or all elements.
* Enables to scan the cache of IE and list all viewed flash
files.
* Supports to browse and preview any parsed resource before
exporting.
* Shows detail properties of elements used in Flash movies.
* Can be invoked from Windows Explorer or MS Internet
Explorer browser.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Windows 7 32/64-bit
Windows Vista 32/64-bit
Windows XP 32/64-bit
Windows Me/2000
Windows 98/NT 4.0
Windows Server 2003 32/64-bit
Windows Server 2008 32/64-bit
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INSTALLATION
1 Open the zip file with a unzip tool, such as WinZip;
2 Double-click "Setup.exe";
3 Follow the install wizard.
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UNINSTALLATION

Click Start--> Programs--> SourceTec--> Sothink SWF

Decompiler--> Uninstall Sothink SWF Decompiler to uninstall
the program.
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