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export a .swf from the command line

using Flash MX 2004's new JSFL authoring-tool scripting language, you can now export a .swf file directly from the command line. unfortunately, the authoring tool will launch to do the export, but you can quit it automatically once it's done. here's a quickie code sample to show how it works:

Code in exportPetSupplies.jsfl:
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// Open the .fla file.
var doc = fl.openDocument("file:///c|/data/projects/pet/petsupplies.fla");
// Export the .swf file.
doc.exportSWF("file:///c|/data/projects/pet/petsupplies.swf", true);
// Quit the Flash MX 2004 authoring tool (optional).
fl.quit(false);

Command issued on command-line from /pet/ directory:
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"c:\program files\macromedia\flash mx 2004\flash.exe" exportPetSupplies.jsfl

now that's darn cool. it lets you add .swf compilation into a build tool like Apache Ant. sweet.