Editing swf (flash) files

[Marcel]

Srikanth Konjarla wrote:
> All,
> 
> Is there a tool that is capable of editing Macromedia shockwave files
> (swf,flash)? Not looking for Adobe's expensive tools. Wondering if there
> is any Linux solution.

No, there are open-source projects that have attempted to remedy this 
problem, but none are ready for end-users yet as far as I know.

Most promising project: http://www.uira.org/

This one looks interesting as well, and has Fedora RPMs for download!
http://www.flameproject.org/index.php/Main_Page

You can run the Macromedia software on Fedora using wine. Last time I 
tried Macromedia Flash MX it was very unstable and I saw lots of strange 
glitches in the gui. But since I've upgraded wine to the latest version 
it seems to be a lot better, to the point that I'd say Flash MX is 
actually usable.
(Mind you, I'm still using Fedora Core 5, and it was a bit of a mission 
to get Flash MX to install in Wine - your experience may differ :)

Hope that helps,

Marcel