opening flash file.

opening a .execv file in flash

[meanweaver]

Help! I have been sent a flsh movie and it appears to be in a format called name.execv whem i go to open this in flash it tells me this is an unnown format, however when i double click it plays in a liitle window titled macromedia flash player 6, i have little knowlege of flash but would like to know how to change this to a format that so i can open it in flash and publish for a web page. Any ideas!
Regards Ian

[SlowMove]

>I have been sent a flsh movie and it appears to be in a format called name.execv

were you sent some html along with the flsh movie? It sounds like there may be more to it than flsh.

[meanweaver]

No there's html, Thats why i wanted to open it in flash to publish it to web, If it's of any use instead of the file icon having the red background with the letter f in black the blackground on this is grey.
Regards Ian

[meanweaver]

Looking at it again this file extension is just a .exe still scatching my head on how to open this in flash

[winstun]

What I get from reading your post the Flash file you recieved is an already published Flash movie exported as a .exe. What this means is that it is a stand-alone application. By stand alone I mean that it is desktop capable without the need to view it inside of your browser. However, I believe you would still need the stand-alone Flash player, but not entirely sure on that.

You would need some kind of Flash de-coder in order view the structure of the file. There a few out there. If you decide to get one, be sure it has the functions you need. Some are only able to de-code the animations and images but not the ActionScript if there was any.

Hope this helps,
winstun

[meanweaver]

That makes total sence, the guy who created done so just to email as a demonstration, but due to te nature of it, it would fit perfectly on my site, However i have found that i can link to it as a download, but as for embeding in the page may not be aa good idea as it is 858kb in size. But your reply is very useful as at least i now know what a .exe flash file is.

Regards Ian

[meanweaver]

Just tried some software that de-codes from .exe to .fla but when opened in flash all it will do is play it the timeline and tools are not visible, so i presume this is what you mean by some not decoding the action script. can you recommend and that will convert the lot so i can get to the stage of publishing it for the web. Thanks again Ian