Cleverly extract the material from the Flash file

We know that the quality of the courseware depends to some extent on the material it uses, so from other existing courseware to obtain the necessary material, is one of the effective ways to improve the courseware.
For non-flash courseware, we can obtain the sound from the recording software (such as Totalrecorde), capture software (such as SnagIt) to obtain the pictures and text, video software (such as screen video experts) to obtain the animation. And for Flash courseware, because many of the pictures and animation courseware is vector format, through conventional means to obtain, whether the animation or pictures are mainly bitmap, so that not only greatly increased its volume, but also very inconvenient to modify. So this article will provide you with three ways to get the material in the Flash courseware.

　　 Import Method
The "import" command under the File menu of Flash mx/2004 enables you to import SWF files to a specified location, such as importing to the stage, importing to a library, and so on. In general, when we want to use the material in a flash courseware, instead of importing it directly into the courseware you want to use (such as my slides), recreate a flash file (such as "temporary") and select the menu "file → import → import to Library", and then press "Ctrl+l" to open the library. Then switch to the courseware and play the library of the course, and then drag and drop the material needed in the "temporary" library to the "My Slides" library (Figure 1) to make reuse of the material. The advantage of creating a new file import material is to avoid the unwanted material being added to the courseware that leads to clutter, but the volume of the courseware increases.
There are some flash courseware packaged in EXE format, we can use exe2swf (http://soft.qzdown.com/qzdown200401/soft00/8/72/qzdown_ss2e121.rar) to restore EXE file to swf file. After you start the software, open the EXE file you want to convert, and then click the Convert button to see the SWF file with the same name.

　　 Decomposition Method
Although the import method is more convenient, but it is also more damaging to the file, especially some film clips and buttons will be unrecognizable, music files and courseware in the actions of the statement is not, and when the courseware is large, the import time is very long, easy to cause panic. Therefore, we can also use the Sothink SWF decompiler (MX2004 Professional Edition) to decompose it, the software can flash courseware (SWF or EXE format) in the pictures, vector graphics, sound, text, buttons, movie fragments, such as the basic elements of complete decomposition, The most important thing is that you can also parse the script of the action, clearly show the code of its action, so that you have a clear understanding of the structure of the courseware. Needed friends can be: Http://www.sothink.com/download/swfdec.zip download installation.
After starting the software, the Flash courseware will be automatically parsed, and the material can be decomposed: The Shape folder is a cartoon segment on the timeline, the image folder is a picture, the sound folder is a sound, the text folder is a document, the Sprite folder is a movie clip, Buttons in the button folder are the statements that are used by the courseware in the Actions folder. Tick the required material, click the (export) button Pop-up dialog box, select "Save Folder" can be opened to save folders, you can see the corresponding folder, these folders contain the exported material, this time can be used directly.

　　 Reduction Method
The above two methods are enough to let us get the material in any flash courseware, the following reduction method will introduce a software--imperator FLA 1.6, it can restore some SWF file to FLA file, this is more practical, Because this means that we can directly take the SWF courseware to restore, and then a little change can be used. However, unfortunately, the software is not very stable, currently only support Flash Mx, the need for friends can be downloaded in the Http://www.ave-imperator.com/dmdocuments/Iflademo.zip.

After starting the software appears as shown in Figure 4 interface, the software is a single function, all the function buttons can be seen in the main interface. Click the (select swf...) button to open the SWF courseware that you want to restore, and then click the (save fla...) button to save the courseware in the FLA format and, after a while, see the corresponding FLA file under the Save folder, the time required is determined by the size of the file and the internal structure. Finally, you can start the Flash MX Open courseware for reprocessing and modification.