Question

A site I use displays a flash file, which is embedded dynamically using SWFObject. I want to download the flash file locally, so I can run it when I don’t have access to the net. However, when I try to open the url to the swf file, it demands an ‘id’ parameter that is normally passed by the SWFObject Javascript.

Specifically, the source of the page contains:

swfobject.embedSWF("/bin/loader.swf", "main", "100%", "100%", "9", false, flashvars, params, attributes);

And the flashvars have the following definiton:

var flashvars = {
        file_id: "imilc2lxnfft",
        app: "main-502.swf",
        show_play_button: "false",
        autoplay: ""

When I try to access site.com/bin/loader.swf, it says it requires a file_id parameter.

How do I pass the parameter and download the file to my desktop?

Answer 1

Save locally (with a D/L manager):

http://example.com/bin/loader.swf
http://example.com/main-502.swf

And create a local HTML file with the SWFObject JS code, including the flashvars and a <div> in your page with the right id (id="name" in this case).

It’s also possible you don’t need the loader, and the 2nd swf file will work standalone.