Re: [Swftools-common] textsnapshot behavior on converted swfs

[Matthias Kramm]

Hi Chris,

> I think I know why the highlight fails. The TextSnap function
> 'setSelectedText' requires
> at least 1 character from each font used, any character, to be defined as a
> dynamic text object.
> These dynamic textboxes provide the needed embedded font metrics for the
> highlight to work properly
> on all the static text throughout the swf.

I'm looking at the textSnapShot issue right now, too.
One quick question before I dive into the sourcecode again: If you need
the dynamic text object (that's an EditText, right?) for it, why did it work
with 0.6.3?

> While the TextSnap object is a Flash 7 ActionScript addition,
> Macromedia's specs say Flash 6's player supports it for playback.

Ah. Good to know. Now that the pdf2swf default is version 6 (used to be
5), this means we could support snapshots "out-of-the-box", once we got
it to work.

Greetings

Matthias