Information about the .swf (swf) file type

Below is all the information we have available on file about the .swf (swf) file type.

.swf

Shockwave Flash file. File format that delivers graphics and animation over the internet.

For a Flash file to be incorporated into an html file requires html similar to the following:

<object width="300" height="200">
<param name="movie" value="someflashfile.swf">
<embed src="someflashfile.swf" width="300" height="200">
</embed>
</object>

The following links provide further information related to the .swf file extension:

• http://www.adobe.com - Whilst Macromedia were the original developers of Flash, they have been bought by Adobe. The Adobe Flash player (a plug in for internet explorer and other browsers) and related flash information and authoring products can be found on the Adobe site.
• http://www.adobe.com/licensing/developer - File format information. Primarily of interest to developers. This page also provides access to the Search Engine SDK, which includes a utility "swf2html" that extracts text and links from a .swf file and uses this to generate an HTML document.
• http://www.the-labs.com/MacromediaFlash/SWF-Spec/SWFfileformat.html - Concise guide to the SWF file format.
• http://www.verticalmoon.com/tutorials/general/flashhtml/flashhtml.htm - Guide to how to embed a Flash movie in an HTML page.
• http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_4150 - Macromedia Flash OBJECT and EMBED tag syntax.
• http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer - Download site for browser plug-in to play shockwave files.
• http://www.irfanview.com - Popular image viewer, will play Shockwave files (.swf) provided it has the shockwave plugin (available from www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm) installed

Where this is available we would like to include file format information on .swf files, as well as information on how to view or open files of type .swf. If you know of any information which we have missed then please let us know.