Actions

Save FLA... Recovers the FLA from the selected input SWF according to the current options and settings. Any JSFL file that has been created (during a recovery) to fully restore incomplete elements has to be executed via a) the "Commands" menu of Macromedia's Flash MX 2004 (or above) or b) a double click on the JSFL file in an explorer window - both after the recovered FLA has been opened.

Save And Open FLA... Extends the functionality of Save FLA... by opening the created FLA with a shell-command. If you recover a file using Save And Open FLA..., any created JSFL file will be executed automatically after the FLA has been opened.

Compress SWF... Compresses uncompressed input SWF files. The resulting files need at least Flash Player 6 to be viewed.

Protect SWF... Inserts protection code into SWF files making it impossible to convert them with any version of IMPERATOR °FLA .

IMPERATOR Home... Opens your system-browser with www.ave-imperator.com.

Options

Library Folders

Use the Library Folders options to create (collapsed) folders for different elements in the library of the resulting FLA.

Library Version

IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 creates FLA files with different types of libraries:

MX Library Resulting FLA files can be read with Macromedia's Flash MX (version 6) or above. The Publish Settings are not available if MX Library is selected.

MX 2004 Library If you use this setting, you won't be able to open the recovered FLA with Macromedia's Flash MX (version 6), however, you will need to select MX 2004 Library for any FLA that uses Class (*.as) files - since the Publish Settings then have to be set to Action Script 2.

Media-Extraction

Extracts the included media files to seperate folders on your system and adds each path to the corresponding element in the library of the resulting FLA file.

Motion Capture

Exact Values Recovers the exact values for size, position and color of placed objects.

Approximate Motion Tweens... - see Motion Tweens -

Shape / Morph Shape

The way Macromedia's Flash analyzes vector data differs from what Macromedia's Flash Player does with the same input. Basically one could say that Flash's tolerance regarding unrenderable as well as reduntant vector data is much lower. Often you will find one or more vectors in a Define Shape (Define Morph Shape) tag that are simply ignored (not rendered) by Macromedia's Flash Player. However, if you translate such vector data to a FLA directly - without filtering out the unrenderable and reduntant vector data - the result is going to be an unreadable FLA file. IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 offers 4 different options for the recovery of Define Shape (Define Morph Shape) tags:

No Problem Search All vector data is translated to the FLA format directly. This is the fastest setting - since the program won't search for and filter out any unrenderable or reduntant vector data.

Heuristic Problem Search If Heuristic Problem Search is activated IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 will search for and filter out the most common vector problems. This takes a little longer than No Problem Search, but it will produce readable recovery results for most input SWF files which result in an unreadable FLA when recovered with No Problem Search.

Exact Problem Search / Vectorization This setting uses by far the most intensive and reliable method to resolve any vector problems (this takes noticably longer than Shape recovery with the 2 options above). Each vector of a Define Shape (Define Morph Shape) tag is tested for every possible problem regarding vector crossing, fill styles and vector angles. If IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 discovers any problem it will render each closed segment of the Shape and vectorize the result (a little bit like the "Trace Bitmap..." function in Macromedia's Flash) - a layer for each closed segment. Since Morph Shapes have to be defined on a single layer IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 creates 2 new Graphics for the Morph Start and End Shape in the resulting library and places the 2 new graphics on the timline instead of the Morph Start and End Shape. All that needs to be done to fully recover the Morph sequence is to "Break Apart" both graphics on the timeline and to set the "Tween:" settings for Start and End frame to "Shape". IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 writes a JSFL file - containing code to perform all needed action inluding setting the "Easing value" - and runs it after the recovered FLA has been opened. You will need to have Macromedia's Flash MX 2004 (version 7) or above installed to benefit from this JSFL feature.

Convert Using JSFL Import If you have Macromedia's Flash MX 2004 (version 7) or above installed you can use this setting to import all Shapes and Morph Start as well as End Shapes via JSFL. This way Macromedia's Flash will do all vector translation (sometimes the results of Exact Problem Search / Vectorization are better and graphically closer to the input SWF Shape). IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 creates the JSFL file that will perform all needed actions and runs it after the recovered FLA has been opened.

Static Text

IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 offers 3 different methods to recover Static Text:

Convert All To Textfields Converts Static Text to textfields (special Font settings - like kerning settings - might get lost).

Convert All To Shapes Uses the Font Shape vector information from the SWF to convert all found letters to Shapes. IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 then creates a Sprite (MovieClip) for each Static Text placing the letter Shapes inside.

Convert Using JSFL If you have Macromedia's Flash MX 2004 (version 7) or above installed you can use this setting to import all Static Text via JSFL. IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 creates the JSFL file that will import all Static Text and runs it after the recovered FLA has been opened. If you have all used Fonts installed on your system Convert Using JSFL usually produces the best results.

Show . Snap Modes . Publish Settings

Please refer to your Macromedia Flash manual for further information.

Types to convert:

Use the checkboxes to select the types of SWF elements you want to restore in the resulting FLA. If the selected input SWF contains classes and Class Action is activated IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 will create the class (*.as) files relative to the destination path of the recovered FLA (existing files will be overwritten). Using the Define As 'dynamic class' option will prevent any thrown errors - caused by calls of undeclared members - at compile time. Please refer to your Macromedia Flash manual for further information about the keyword "dynamic".

File Browser Settings - see below -


Multiple File Processing

Determines the handling of multiple input SWF files.

Save All Files In A New Folder This setting lets you select a destination directory. IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 will then create a new folder within the directory and store all results in the created folder.

Select Filename For Each File Use this setting if you want to store each result in a separate destination directory.

Process Priority

Sets the amount of processor time IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 receives compared to other (for processor time) contending threads. These settings hardly show any effects when the processor has extra capacity. However, when the processor is at its busiest, increasing the priority, even to one priority level above the next highest thread, causes IMPERATOR °FLA v2.0 to get the vast majority of processor time.

About...

Displays information about the program.

Colors...

This menu offers the possibility to modify, reset, import and export the 16 colors that determine the appearance of the program.

Modify Colors... - see Program Colors -

Reset Colors... Resets the colors to the original values.

Import Colors... You can choose any filetype as long as the file is at least 64 bytes long.

Export Colors... Saves the current colors (64 bytes) to a file.