new to flash

[willow]

hi i have been trying to re-work van helsing hallows shoot-out to flash.

At the moment i have just one frame no sound added yet.

From reading some other posts on this forum page i am trying to make the app smaller so in this regard i used the quick background object and set it to 640 x 480.

I am using this instead of the indivudal backdrop objects.

What i do not understand is the mfa file or mmf document 30.9mb and the HTML document 934.bytes

could someone explane

[JasonDarby]

The HTML file is just that, the HTML page that points to the SWF file, you will have a separate SWF file that will contain all your code.

Hope that makes sense, or i havent totally misunderstood your question

[willow]

@ jason darby

hi jason i for ease saved to desk top i have three files

mmf document 30.9m.b

html doc 934.bytes

shockwave flash object 3.32mb

which of these three files do i need to be aware of when trying to make the app smaller?

[JasonDarby]

The MMF document is the file that is then converted into SWF, so the smaller the MMF file the smaller the SWF should be.

[willow]

@jason darby thanks are there any open source swf examples?

[JasonDarby]

What is it you want to see, because an open source SWF example is basically an open source MMF MFA file

[willow]

hmme ok as i said im new, i was realy suprized to find that my little app transfered so quickly by just removing all the sound.

ok needs a lot more work as i forgot that i was using unoptimised characters, and the need to take on the comments from the judges.

In regards to coding im using fastloops but i have read this is not the way to go with flash.

As i said im still new but getting their thanks to the help from the forum members.