Run .swf?

[DarkAlex]

Is it possible to run a Shockwave Flash (.swf) file on it's own, without being embedded in an HTML file? And if so, is there a special program to do this?

[dwks]

I was able to run a .swf file just by typing its address into Opera. No other browser I tried did this, but I don't think any of the other ones I tried had a Flash plugin. Try just typing the path to the .swf file and see what happens.

Is there a reason you want to do this? It's pretty easy to create a minimalistic HTML file that just displays a .swf one.

If you want to display Flash plugins by yourself in a C program or something, that would be pretty difficult . . . .

[maxorator]

Just double-click on the swf file and it should get opened with Flash Player. This should be installed to your computer with the browser plugins.

Firefox opens swf files directly without any problems (I couldn't test with IE7 though, updated to IE8 which crashes when I right-click a Flash Object... lol).

[vart]

other browser I tried did this,
I just double click on th file and IExplorer plays it for me...

[DarkAlex]

Ok, I want to do this because my internet browser (IE7) can't open Flash files directly but can open Flash files embedded in HTML files, while, on another computer, the browser can. If the fix is downloading a Flash plugin for IE7, then where can I find one? Also, I don't want to have to go through the trouble of learning about the <EMBED> tag in HTML right now.

[vart]

if you open some site with flash - browser should ask you if you want to donwload and install plug-in

[DarkAlex]

Ok, I can run flash files, but only if they're embedded in an HTML file. I want to be able to run the flash files directly in IE, like another computer we have with the same browser.

[Neo1]

Is it possible to run a Shockwave Flash (.swf) file on it's own, without being embedded in an HTML file? And if so, is there a special program to do this?

Well, i can run them directly from my computer without having to mess about with browsers and stuff. If i have a flash file on my HD i just double click it and it plays. I have Macromedias flash editor installed, don't know if that has anything to do with it?

[maxorator]

I just double click on th file and IExplorer plays it for me...
Download Flash Player (http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash) :D

[DarkAlex]

I have Adobe Flash Player. I think the other computer has Macromedia Flash Player. Still, I want to be able to play Flash files direcly in IE.

[maxorator]

If you have Flash Player installed you can just double-click on the files without any browser...

[vart]

without any browser
which makes me wonder - how can you nowdays install some windows without any browser?

[maxorator]

which makes me wonder - how can you nowdays install some windows without any browser?
Huh?

[dwks]

I think vart is referring to the bundling practises that Microsoft uses. You can't really install Windows without installing their web browser, Internet Explorer. Though because of that anti-trust lawsuit a while back, I imagine it's now at least possible to get a Windows system without Explorer.

[CornedBee]

Not really. You probably can get a system without the iexplore.exe file, but that's just a thin wrapper around the real workhorse, which is still there.