FLA Compound Document Tools

Goals

This project has following goals:

• Provide tool for extracting Flash binary FLA format CS4 and lower
• Allow conversion of XFL FLA format CS5+ to binary FLA format CS4 or lower
• Use this as a library in JPEXS Free Flash Decompiler to export to FLA CS4 or lower

Requirements

The app requires Java 8 or newer to run.

How to compile

The directory contains Netbeans project which you can open and then build here. Alternatively you can use ant command from commandline.

GUI usage

You can run the app without arguments:

java -jar flacomdoc.jar

And graphics user interface (GUI) will show up where you can do the conversion and extraction.

Commandline usage

To convert CS5+ FLA/XFL to lower:

java -jar flacomdoc.jar convert [--format <format>] inputfile.fla/xfl outputfile.fla

For --format option you can choose: CS4, CS3, F8, MX2004, MX or F5.

To extract CS4 and lower FLA (ComDoc format):

java -jar flacomdoc.jar extract inputfile.fla outputdir

Supported formats

For conversion, following target formats are available:

• CS4
• CS3
• Flash 8
• MX 2004
• MX
• Flash 5

For ComDoc extraction, all FLA formats CS4 and lower.

What is known to be missing

• Compiled clips
• Components
• Inverse Kinematics
• Support for FLA below Flash 5

License

This work is licensed under LGPL v2.1, see LICENSE.md for details.

Acknowledges

GUI Application uses FLA icon from FatCow icons pack.

Author

Jindra Petřík aka JPEXS