How to download and maybe even
recycle
a FLASH animation

 

 

1) Locate the Flash animation that you want on the Internet

2) VIEW> SOURCE

3) SEARCH ==> .swf   (this will find the FLASH file in the html code)

4) CUT the code .... example
 = http://static.howstuffworks.com/flash/engine.swf

5) OPEN Notepad
(to create a small html file)

6) enter code <a href =
http://static.howstuffworks.com/flash/engine.swf > i like this flash </a>

7) SAVE as  ...    IlikethisFlash.htm   or something similar as  ____.htm

8) OPEN in Explorer

9) RIGHT CLICK ==> i like this flash

10) SAVE TARGET AS  ....... give it a name and now you have the Flash file on your computer

11) OPEN the flash file and it should run

you can now insert the flash file in your webpage or in a multimedia project |

Final Note ......

This will only work where you can find a flash file that has the full URL
ie
http://static.howstuffworks.com/flash/engine.swf  as opposed to just  /flash/engine.swf