Replacing strings inside SWF [closed]

Answer 1

It seems to me that swfmill has updated their tool to support international characters, at least for Latvian language (which requires UTF-8). Strings are encoded as HTML entities.

Solved some similar problems with legacy swf file.

Answer 2

This one works really well too and it is free:

http://www.free-decompiler.com/flash/

Answer 3

Well the only advice I can come up with is to fix swfmill to support international characters. You might want to ask in swfmill mailing list (swfmill@swfmill.org as far as I know) for a best way how to do it, shouldn't be too difficult if you know C/C++ a bit.

Answer 4

Tough one - have you tried the Sothink decompiler? If that doesn't work, I'd say try loading the the swf into another swf, then drill down and change the content of the textfield - something like _root.loadedswf.clip1.box2.textField.text = "New text"; Obviously, this might not work if the application is complex.

Answer 5

tricky - it might not be any easier, but you could load the 'locked' swf into one you control, then spider through its objects until you hit TextBox, using some for...in loops - it'd be a long, arduous process to map them out then change them, especially if the previous developer didn't name things in a helpful way, but if it's a fairly simple .swf then it might be too bad...

Also, there's a mac-only utility for decompiling swfs that I remember a coworker swearing by, but I don't recall the name... anybody?