Adobe says these are for testing by devs only & must not be distributed to general public. Note about distribution : Check with them if it's okay to package. Research the MAC/OSx equivalent of such a script file. Now test by double-clicking StartQuiz.bat to see it all run automatically.
Received a notification of a Flash Player update Found today that when I opened a SWF file I got the Save As dialog rather than the file displayed in Chrome Updated. Save as StartQuiz.bat in same location as Quiz.swf. moderator: edited title to include Chrome version Problem Description Was running flash for chrome and able to open SWF files. Now open NotePad program paste this text :
For example to test now on PC just put standalone player into same location as Quiz.swf. Apparently they can't be privately distributed (see note below), so on your site maybe offer separate links for both quiz & these player downloads.ġ) Either inform users to run the downloaded standalone player & drag Quiz swf into player window when it shows.Ģ) Or try making some script/batch file. Once tested, then decide on instructions for end-users.
(no installation, just download and run the. MAC (dmg) : Download the Flash Player projector
PC (exe) : Download the Flash Player projector Visually there is no difference between versions installer & standalone, except the installer version becomes known to other apps of your OS ( eg: browsers) The Projector is also a window like in picture above. Here is the link for standalone FlashPlayers (called Projectors) from Adobe. swf file know to use the player, instead of theĭefault. "So would you recommend having a separate package for each quiz? One for Windows and one for Mac?. If you have a newer SWF that uses ActionScript 3, try the production version demo instead. Next, click Upload and wait some time for the SWF to load. Maybe package such free stand-alone players in some folder with your Quiz? If you have an older SWF you want to play, head to the free version demo and click Browse at the top of the page to load the SWF. The FlashPlayer.exe should already exist on your device (ie: the browser runs it within web pages as a "plugin").Īny SWF can be right-clicked in file explorer then choose "Open with Flash Player". If you're willing to skip using Flash Player (the browser plugin) and just run Flash Player as a desktop application then it will run your Quiz fine. This should save the SWF file directly to the local system, or give you options to save it while it plays (depending on browser)."My end users are not doing the quizzes online, they simply download the zip, unzip, and take the quiz. Locate the right SWF file if there are multiple, and select "open in new tab".Type swf in the search field of the Developer Tools.Load the Flash game site, and the Flash game in that tab.Tap on the F12 key in your browser of choice to get started (I use Google Chrome for this demonstration).
Update: Note that you may use the network tab of the Developer Tools.The advantage of this method is that you don't need to install a browser extension to download the Flash games to your system. To save it to the local computer press Ctrl-S or select Firefox > Save Page As from the menu.ĭrag and drop games into the browser to play them after you have downloaded them to your local system.
This should load the Flash game in full screen. Paste it into the browser's address bar and remove the #reqest GET information from the front. Kongregate games at the time of writing always start with #request# GET followed by IDs and other information. Load the Flash game on Kongregate and watch the headers that the browser retrieves. Go to File > Save Page As in Firefox and the flash game should be saved on your hard drive. Copy that address and paste it into the browser window again. This is the location of the flash game on the server. Search that source for a url that ends with the swf file extension (search for the term. Internet Explorer uses right-click and select View Source while Opera users right-click and select Source, or tap on F12 to open the browser's Developer Tools.
You could alternatively click on View > Page Source in Firefox. Right-click a free area on that page and select View Page Source from the right-click menu. The process is pretty straightforward most of the time: visit a website that displays a flash game on its website. This is why I would like to explain how you can easily save flash games to your hard drive to play them without an Internet connection. It happens that websites that offer flash games are not available all the time that you want to play the game, or that you may not have an active Internet connection but still want to play some games. I have to admit that I like to play flash games from time to time and enjoy some tremendously.