UnlockSWF relase 2.07 Readme (http://www.buraks.

com/unlockswf)
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January 2003

[Swifty] Unlock SWF is a 32 bit Windows application that can

Remove/Reset or add 'Protect from Import' option
Remove/Reset or add 'Debugging Permitted' option
from/to SWF files.

Unlock SWF can open compressed SWF files and save a SWF version 6 file compressed
or uncompressed.

While there are many SWF unlockers (protection removers), Unlock SWF offers 'Debug
Enabling'
which is a feature that as of now no other utility offers. It's developped by
Manitu Group
(which has SWF programming experience since 1998) and it's free!

Historical Note:
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Burak KALAYCI has been developing free SWF utilities under the name Swifty Utilies
since
Flash 3 public beta was released. Because he has no time to update the utilities
(and his
utilities hasn't been updated for a while), Manitu Group will be releasing Swifty
Utilities
updates and new freeware SWF applications. Unlock SWF is the first of these
utilities that
replaces Swifty Unprotector. (December 2, 2001)

About the 'Protect from Import' option

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When exporting a movie with Macromedia Flash, you are given the option to 'Protect
from Import'
the SWF, optionally with a password. Flash will not import (or open) a SWF which
has been exported
with this protection or ask for a password before importing.

When you lose your source FLA, generally you have the SWF on the web, but if you
have exported with
protection, you'll not be able to import it without unprotecting it first.

Importing a SWF (which is not same as Opening one), will get you just one layer of
movie with no
sounds or actionscripts. Also your movieclips would not import back as movieclips.
Nevertheless,
you'll be able to recover lots of your symbols.

UnlockSWF lets you remove the protection from a SWF file (Flash will import the
SWF) or remove
the protection password option (Flash will not ask for a password and will not
import the SWF). You
can also add protection to an unprotected SWF (Flash will not import the SWF).

About the 'Debugging Permitted' option

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When exporting a movie with Macromedia Flash, you are given the option to make
'Debugging Permitted'
on the SWF, optionally with a password. If debugging is enabled you can debug a SWF
file with Flash.

Debugging has changed with Flash MX. Flash MX uses SWD files that contain debugging
information
which allows more advanced debugging with breakpoints. By enabling debugging you'll
still be able to
debug the SWF without the SWD counterpart but you'll not be able to step through
the code or use
breakpoints. (Flash MX will display an error that it cannot open the SWD file).

To debug a SWF, you need to remove its protection first and open it with Flash,
then right click and
select Debugger.

To debug a SWF file remotely, you need to enable remote debugging in Debugger
window in Flash, use
the debug version of the Player that comes with Flash (installed under
Players\Debug folder), after
opening the SWF right click the player window and select Debugger.

UnlockSWF lets you remove the debugging option (Flash will not debug the SWF), add
the debugging
option with empty password (Just press enter when asked for password and Flash will
debug the SWF) or
reset the debugging option password to empty string (Just press enter when asked
for password and
Flash will debug the SWF). UnlockSWF has separate options for Flash 5 and MX. You
must select the
option that corresponds to your version of Flash.

Installation/Uninstallation
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UnlockSWF does not have a setup application, just unzip the contents to a folder.
UnlockSWF does not mess
with the registry. The first time you run UnlockSWF an INI file will be created in
the same folder. For
uninstallation, remove the files you unzipped and the INI file.

Usage
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After running UnlockSWF.exe, you can open a SWF by using the File | Open option,
the open button on the
toolbar or simply dragging and dropping a SWF file. You can drag and drop a SWF
file on the
UnlockSWF.exe or a shortcut to it.

Some SWF information will be shown on the top and you'll see options about
protection and debugging.
After selecting the desired options, you can 'Save as' another SWF file by using
File | Save as option
or the Save As button on the toolbar.

Tips
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You can create a shortcut to UnlockSWF in your 'Send to' folder and send SWF files
to UnlockSWF easily
by right clicking on a SWF and choosing send to | UnlockSWF... Also by this way you
won't have to see the
opening screen of UnlockSWF everytime.
You can create a shortcut on your desktop and drag and drop SWF files on it. This
also will get rid of
the opening screen.

About
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UnlockSWF copyright �1998 - 2003 Manitu Group, Turkey.

UnlockSWF is copyrighted freeware. You can not distribute UnlockSWF without our
permission.

Disclaimer: Use this program at your own risk, we disclaim all liabilities.

Since it's free no official support is available but it's likely you'll get an
answer when you write to
unlockswf@buraks.com.

History
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May 2002 Version 2.03
July 2002 Version 2.04 Memory management optimized.
Jan 2003 Version 2.06 XP themes support added
Jan 2003 Version 2.07 Fixed a bug with XP themes support

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