Re: [Swftools-common] swftools-0.8.1 question

[Chris Pugh]

Assuming all the relevant libraries and pre-requsites are in place,
GCC should compile a program for what ever platform
it's told  to compile for.   Obviously,  64 bit code specific code
won't run on 32 bit machine, though the reverse should be fine ( which
is what you've found ).  So, is there a problem with telling the
default compiler on  that 64 bit system of
yours to compile for 32 bit?   You are only using SWFT to produce an
straight swf after all.

I am not as yet familiar with ( and thus unable to comment on ) the
internals of the SWFTools source code - you need
Mattias for that one.  However, bearing in mind the major differences
between the two architectures,  maybe you should
enquire of your 'systems guy', why he made the automatic assumption
that cross-compilation and execution would be plain sailing?

Sorry I can't be more help.


Chris.

>2009/1/9 Robert Brueckmann <address@hidden>:your
> Is there multiple ways to compile it in 64-bit?  Unfortunately, I'm not
> the one doing the compiling, my coworker is...I don't have direct access
> to these machines.
> magin
> Are there any suggestions you have that I can pass onto the systems guy
> who's doing the compiling?
>
>
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> From: Chris Pugh [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:44 PM
> To: Robert Brueckmann
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> Subject: Re: [Swftools-common] swftools-0.8.1 question
>
> FWIW, and at the risk of stating the obvious .. maybe you should look
> very closely at how you
> actually compiled swftools in your '64 bit environment'?!
>
> Chris.
>
>>2009/1/9 Robert Brueckmann <address@hidden>:
>> In case anyone cares, I also did something else.  The version we're
> running
>> in the 32-bit environment turns out to be 0.8.1 also...not the
> 2004-11-13
>> version...and the 32-bit compiled version of 0.8.1 loads the swf file
> into
>> both out 32-bit and 64-bit deployed applications.  The 64-bit compiled
> 0.8.1
>> version generates the swf file successfully but when we load it into
> our
>> application using the same identical code, it appears, then blinks
> out.  I'm
>> adding some more debugging to my application but I'm at a loss...
>>
>> Can someone tell me what the fundamental difference would be between
> the
>> 32-bit and 64-bit compiled versions of swftools 0.8.1?  This doesn't
> make
>> any sense.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> MERLIN
>> --
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>> On Behalf Of Robert Brueckmann
>> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:30 PM
>> To: address@hidden
>> Subject: RE: [Swftools-common] swftools-0.8.1 question
>>
>>
>>
>> Ok, so I removed all parameters I'm passing to the pdf2swf utility and
> one
>> by one added them back in and I found that the -z parameter is what's
> adding
>> the new swfcombine call, which is failing anyway because the utility
> isn't
>> available...not sure if the resulting compilation on the 64-bit O/S
> was
>> successful or not.
>>
>>
>>
>> The odd thing is, I see the swf load into my Flex app and the blinks
> out and
>> disappears...I zoom in, it appears magically.  If I download the
> generated swf
>> file to my local machine and open it up using the Flash Player, it
> opens up
>> and looks perfectly normal.  Looks like I'm going to have to dig into
> my own
>> application but why this behavior is varying between the old version
> of
>> swftools and this is beyond me...anyone have any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>> MERLIN
>> --
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>> From:
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>> On Behalf Of Robert Brueckmann
>> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:38 PM
>> To: address@hidden
>> Subject: [Swftools-common] swftools-0.8.1 question
>>
>>
>>
>> We downloaded the source for linux and compiled it on our RHEL 5.2
> 64-bit
>> environment without a hitch.  We were previously running a very old
> version
>> of swftools on our 32-bit RHEL environment and since we were upgrading
> O/S
>> we figured we'd upgrade the swftools.  Problem is, I'm noticing the
>> resulting SWF files are not loading into our application the same way
> the
>> SWF files generated with the old version are.  The older version is
>> swftools-2004-11-13-2026.
>>
>>
>>
>> We make a call from our java class to pdf2swf to convert PDF documents
> to
>> SWF and load them into our Adobe Flex app...the old swftools from
> 32-bit
>> running in 64-bit generates the file no problem, newly compiled in
> 64-bit
>> 0.8.1 flashes the swf file and then shrinks it to the point of
> invisibility
>> and then I have to use my zoom widget I created to zoom in to see the
>> report.  The only glaringly obvious difference I see between these two
>> versions is that the 2004 swftools version sends output to the console
>> simply ending with:
>>
>>
>>
>> NOTICE  SWF written
>>
>>
>>
>> With the new 0.8.1 version, I see:
>>
>>
>>
>> NOTICE  SWF written
>>
>> swfcombine -z -X 1130 -Y 850 "(null)"
>> viewport="/opt/weblogic/tmp/RBRUECKMANN151231446346568.swf" -o
>> "/opt/weblogic/tmp/RBRUECKMANN151231446346568.swf"
>>
>>
>>
>> What's the deal with this extra swfcombine call?  Where is it coming
> from?
>> Looks like it's combining the two swfs together or making the viewport
> of
>> the swf THE SWF (seems cyclical, no?), if I'm reading this correctly.
> How
>> do I get rid of this step?  Is this by default?  Is this normal?
> Anyone
>> have any ideas?  I think this is what's screwing up the load of this
> SWF
>> into my Flex app.
>>
>>
>>
>> The parameters I'm calling pdf2swf to against BOTH versions (code is
> the
>> same) are:
>>
>>
>>
>> String[] command = {swftoolsPath + "pdf2swf/pdf2swf",
>>
>>                               "-z",
>>
>>                               "-i",
>>
>>                               "-F",
>>
>>                               swftoolsPath + "pdf2swf/fonts",
>>
>>                               "-s",
>>
>>                               "insertstop",
>>
>>                               "-s",
>>
>>                               "zoom=100",
>>
>>                               reportFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".pdf",
>>
>>                               "-o",
>>
>>                               reportFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".swf"};
>>
>>
>>
>> Anybody have any ideas?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
>>
>> MERLIN
>> --
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>>
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>>
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