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Current Release

Ming

• 5th July 2008 - Ming 0.4.0 Release Candidate 1 (rc1)

  • Perl extension updates

  • Python extension updates

  • Do not force bgColor

  • Redirect SWF_warn and SWF_error to stderr

  • Propper checks for YACC and LEX

  • Complete Bitmap fillstyles

  • Font fixes

  • Actioncompiler fixes (delete, built-in functions, callFrame -> call())

  • Fixed tag order issues

  • Ming defaults now to local-with-filesystem sandbox for SWF>=8

  • Add support for init actions in makeswf

  • SWF8 / 9 support for fromswf / prebuiltclip

  • implements ASM op

  • ASFunction()

  • AS Class support

  • Removed SWFFontCharacter destructor from PHP wrapper

  • py_ext update

  • Class members

  • outputBlock() usese length and offset from SWF_Parserstruct

  • SWFDisplayItem_flush(): immediately write display items.

  • Removed ttftofft

  • Improved ButtonRecord handling

  • SWFSound_fromSoundStream()

  • Many improvements in decompiler and swftoXXX tools

  • C++ might throw a SWFException

  • Support for embedded Nellymoser sound

  • AS: in with-blocks legacy functions o not work

  • Compiles again with MSVC

  • simplified SWFSound usage with mp3 files

  • SWFSoundStream_getDuration replaces SWFSoundStream_getFrames()

  • perl_ext build changes (build out of tree)

  • API float->double transition

  • php_ext: SWFInput can wrap raw byte-streams

  • php_ext: API: external data can be passed as file-resource, SWFInput or filename

  • removed newSWFFont() as public function (causes various crashes)

  • removed new SWFFont(...) usage with browserfonts in script languages.

Fonts

• Ming fonts 1.0.0

  • First release of the ming-fonts package.

  • This contains the Bitstream Vera font family, a high quality font family suitable for commercial grade end user applications, converted into FDB format for use directly from Ming. Further information about the Bitstream Vera font family can be found here: http://www.gnome.org/fonts.

Past Releases

Ming

• 19th September 2007 - Ming 0.4.0 Beta 5

  • Add support for targetPath asm opcode.

  • Flash 8: filter and blend modes for buttons

  • Flash 8: SWF_DEFINEMORPHSHAPE2

  • Flash 8: SWFShape rendering hints

  • Flash 8: new gradient features

  • SWFFillStyle is reusable now and calculates proper GradientMatrix

  • setLeft/RightFillStyle adds fill to the shape if necessary

  • Handling fonts as shapes

  • Basic ttf font support

  • Typesafe SWFMovie_add / replace

  • Add Envelopes to SoundInstance

  • ABC (AS3) parser and output

  • Parse SWF_SERIALNUMBER

  • Parse SWF9 tags

  • SWF9: DefineBinaryData

  • SWF9: SymbolClass

  • SWF9: DefineSceneData

• 27th March 2007 - Ming 0.4.0 Beta 4

  • Fix handling of the special 'undefined' value.

  • Fix 'delete' syntax in action compiler.

  • makeswf now handles bitmaps.

  • Many improvements in decompiler.

  • Build scripts cleanup (including check rule).

  • Add support for 'extends' and proper 'push' asm opcodes in

    • ActionScript compiler.

  • Generate DefineFunction2 when target version > 6.

  • Use GOTOFRAME, GOTOFRAME2 and GOTOLABEL when using gotoAndPlay()

    • or gotoAndStop() w/out an object.

  • Video updates: added Flash8 codecs, generic flv parser

  • Soundstream: accept flv audio streams (mp3 only for now)

  • Flash 8: PlaceObject3

  • Flash 8: Filter and Blendmode

  • Write proper Flash 8 files

  • Added movie control tags: FileAttributes, Metadata,

    • ScriptLimits, ImportAssets2, SetTabIndex

  • Flash 8: ScalingGrid

  • Parser / listswf updates

  • PHP / Perl bindings update

  • Flash 8: DefineShape4 / Linestyle2

  • SWFAction cleanup and API cleanup

  • SWF_warnOnce()

• 11th December 2006 - Ming 0.4.0 Beta 3

  • Fix version to not use dashes to make rpmbuild happy

  • autotool tcl extension

  • coalesce multiple ming.i files into a single file at the top

  • swig output updated for python & tcl

  • Misc decompiler fixes

  • makeswf now handles precompiled clips

  • Make sure the extension source show up in the dist tarballs

  • compiler fix for asm {} blocks

• 21st November 2006 - Ming 0.4.0 Beta 2

  • Preliminary support for building RPM packages

  • New PHP code that builds for PHP$ and PHP5

  • Added missing SWFMovieClip class in PHP

  • New tool, ttftofft, for producing ming formast fonts

  • Allow output of SWF version 8

  • Better SWF parser (utilities).

  • NEW function: SWFMovie_protectWithPassword()

  • preprocessor products of 'makeswf' are now named after

    • output filename and frame# (ie: "out.swf.frame0.pp")

  • Automake-based build, for portability's sake (libtool)

  • Ming_setWarnFunction and Ming_setErrorFunction now return

    • the previously-set value.

  • More documentation !

  • Start of a test suite!

  • makeswf now provides an __SWF_VERSION__ macro for use

    • in cross-version ActionScript code.

  • NEW functions: SWFDisplayItem_getMatrix(),

    • SWFPosition_getMatrix(), SWFMatrix_getScaleX(), SWFMatrix_getRotate0(), SWFMatrix_getRotate1(), SWFMatrix_getScaleY(), SWFMatrix_getTranslateX(), SWFMatrix_getTranslateY(), SWFShape_moveScaledPenTo().

• 15th February 2006 - Ming 0.3.0

  • The old Ming 0.3.0 version.