Flash files are most often opened in browsers, since it is on the Internet that this multimedia technology is most widely used. For this, the browser has a corresponding plug-in - a built-in flash player. However, you can open such files without an Internet browser. In addition, the broad definition of "flash" includes source files that require specialized programs to be viewed and edited.
Instructions
Step 1
If you need to open a flash file to view the video it contains, try to do it in the same way as with any other file - double-click the left mouse button. The operating system must itself determine the application that can handle this type of file. Such a program in your OS may be, for example, a browser or a player for video and audio files. If the system cannot find the required application, then the swf extension has not yet been assigned to any program. In this case, download and run the installation file from the Adobe website - there is both a browser application (Flash Player) and a player independent of the Internet browser (Flash Player Projector). After completing the wizard, you can double-click to open these files.
Step 2
Flash files get their final appearance after compilation from source code, which is also stored in files, but with a different extension - fla. To open the source file, you need to be able to use the appropriate code editor. The most famous program of this kind is Adobe Flash Professional, but there are other editors, for example, Wildform Flix, Koolmoves, Swift3d, etc. Select and install the most suitable one.
Step 3
There is also a class of programs whose main purpose is to recreate source code from compiled flash files. If you need to open the source of the swf file, install one of these programs - they are called flash decompilers. For example, it can be the Flash Decompiler Trillix application - one of the most popular decompilers today. This program is able to parse a swf file opened with its help into its component parts and save all images, scripts, sounds contained in it individually or into one source code file in fla format.
