[Swftools-common] Getting pdf2swf working in a perl script

[Colin Dodd]

I'm trying to get the pdf2swf conversion working from within a perl 
script. Basically the user will upload a pdf and the server converts 
this to swf so it can be neatly embedded in a webpage.

If I enter the command at the shell it works fine, however if I pass the 
command to Unix via a perl script (using system,exec,qx or backticks) 
the conversion process goes fine but the inclusion of a viewer and/or 
preloader does not go well. As I say it works fine except when called 
from a perl script, here's the output I get from calling via perl:

NOTICE SWF written swfcombine 
"/usr/local/share/swftools/swfs/default_viewer.swf" viewport=abc.swf -o 
__tmp__.swf swfcombine -X 765 -Y 990 -r 20.000000 
/usr/local/share/swftools/swfs/PreLoaderTemplate.swf 
loader=/usr/local/share/swftools/swfs/default_loader.swf 
movie=__tmp__.swf -o "abc.swf" FATAL Failed to read from __tmp__.swf

Apologies for the lack of carraige returns!

Can anyone help me get this working, so that my swf file ends up 
combined with the viewer/loader correctly?

Thanks!