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Transform SWF
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The Transform SWF framework is a collection of classes for each of the data
structures and tags that make up the Flash File Format Specification from
Macromedia. The classes provide a completely object-oriented API to encode and
decode Flash (.swf) files. Transform SWF supports Flash MX 2004 (Flash 7).

The documentation that accompanied this release contains a description of the
each of the classes along with examples on how they may be used to decode, process
and encode Flash (.swf) files. Flagstone Software's web site, www.flagstonesoftware.com
also contains more detailed information and advanced examples.

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Licensing
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Transform SWF is made available under the terms of the Berkeley Software
Distribution (BSD) license. This allow you complete freedom to use and distribute
the code in source and/or binary form as long as you respect the original
copyright. Please see the LICENSE.txt file for exact terms.

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Project Structure
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Transform SWF is distributed with the following top-level directory structure:

--+-- build
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+-- config
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+-- docs
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+-- examples
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+-- source

1. build contains a set of project files which can be used to build the framework with
different development tools. The current set of development tools supported is:

Ant, Version 1.6 or higher

CMake, Version 2.0 or higher

Visual Studio.NET 2002

Visual Studio.NET 2003

See below for information on compiling the framework with the different tools.

2. config contain configuration files used to generate the documentation for the
framework. It contains the following sub-directories:

config --+-- doxygen
|
+-- images

(a) doxygen contains the files used to generate the datasheets for each class using
Doxygen.

(b) images contains the images for the datasheet header and all the figures used in
describing how Flash and the Transform SWF classes work.

3. docs contains documentation for the project. It contains the following sub-directories:

docs --+-- datasheets
|
+-- issues
|
+-- releases

(a) datasheets contains descriptions of each class generated using doxygen. A target is
included in the ANT project file to (re)generate the datasheets from the source header files
using doxygen. The pages generated are placed in this directory.

(b) issues is a list (currently in HTML) of all the known issues with the current release.
A more up to date list may be found on the Flagstone web site.

(c) releases is a set (currently in HTML) of the most recent release notes for the framework.
A complete set can be found on the Flagstone web site.

4. examples contains a set of files which illustrate how to use the different classes in
Transform SWF to generate Flash files.

5. source contains the source code for all the classes that make up the Transform SWF
framework.

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Requirements
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To compile and use the classes in Transform SWF you must have:

zlib 1.1 or higher.

1. zlib
Transform SWF (and Flash) uses the zlib compression library to compress and expand encoded
files (from Flash Version 6 onwards). On Unix and Mac OS X you should have zlib already
installed. For Windows there are compiled versions of the library available for Visual Studio
from the Flagstone web site, http://www.flagstonesoftware.com/downloads/index.html#zlib. You
can also obtain the source for the latest distribution from http://www.gzip.org/zlib/

The project build files assume the zlib library and header files can be found in the following
locations:

Windows:

C:\Program Files\Flagstone\lib
C:\Program Files\Flagstone\include\zlib

Unix, Linux, Mac OS X:

/usr/local/lib
/usr/local/include/zlib

Only the location of the header files are required to compile the Transform library. The
location of the zlib library is only required when peforming the final link stage for an
application that uses the Transform library.

If the library and header files are installed in another location you will have to edit the
respective project build file to update the location:

Ant: The properties files, windows.properties and unix.properties each contain three property
definitions that specify the name of the library, the directory it is in and the directory
where the header files are located. When running Ant only the properties file specific to your
platform will be loaded so you do not need to edit both files.

CMake: The file CMakeLists.txt contains variables that define the location of zlib. Edit
accordingly.

Visual Studio.NET: You will need to edit the property pages for the transform project to
change the following setting:

C/C++ -> Additional Include Directories

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Compiling Using Ant
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To use Ant to compile Transform SWF you will need:

Ant 1.6 or higher. (ant.apache.org)
Ant-contrib 1.0 or higher. (ant-contrib.sourceforge.net)
Cpptasks 1.0 or higher. (ant-contrib.sourceforge.net)

Install Ant then copy the ant-contrib and cpptasks jars into the lib directory of the
Ant installation. Your path and environment variables should be set to allow the compiler
and linker to run from the command line*.

The ant build file (and the files it imports) contains the following targets:

clean remove all files (and datasheets) generated.
library compile the classes and build the library.
datasheets generate the datasheets using Doxygen from comments in the header files.
install install the library and the header files.
uninstall remove the installed library and header files.
examples compile the code in the examples directory.

The 'library' target defines properties controlling the name of the compiler and whether
the files should be compiled with debugging information. You can override the defaults by
setting their values from the command line:

ant -Dcompiler=vc70 -Ddebug=true library

The current list of compilers supported are:

vc70 Visual C++ 7.0
vc71 Visual C++ 7.1
vc7x Visual C++ 7.x (the default)

Transform does not make use of the C++ standard library or other platform specific libraries
so the compiler property can be left set to the default value. Transform has been compiled
with Visual C++ 7.0 and verified to work with the Visual C++ 7.1 compiler.

* For Visual Studio.NET, the file Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat in your installation contains
the definitions. You can run this batch file from the command line prior to running Ant
or set the environment variables via System Properties in the Control Panel.

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Compiling Using CMake
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CMake is a cross-platform tool which can be used to build makefiles (Borland, NMake or Unix)
or Visual Studio project files to compile a project. The latest release can be found at
http://www.cmake.org

Run the CMakeSetup application:

1. Select the directory where the CMakeLists.txt file is located as the location of the
source code - the files are specified relative to this file.

2. Select the directory where the project files will be generated - a subdirectory below
the one containing the CMakeLists.txt file is a good choice.

3. Select the type of project file you want to generate.

4. Click the configure button to identify the installed compiler and other environment
variables.

5. Click the ok button to generate the project files.

6. Build the Transform library using the generated project files.

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Compiling Using Visual Studio.NET
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Project files are included for Visual Studio.NET 2002 and 2003 since the project file format
is not compatible.

Build the transform target from the project. Debug and Release configurations are available.

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Additional Information
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For Further Information please contact:

Stuart MacKay
Flagstone Software Ltd.
92 High Street
Wick, Caithness KW1 4LY
Scotland