Dear All,
I am trying to install the swfmill.exe for windows vista on my computer. I
dropped the contents of the download into my program files x86 folder, but
when I double click on the .exe I get an error saying
"the program can't start because libiconv-2.dll is missing from you
computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
I have downloaded another copy of libiconv-2.dll in an atttempt to satisfy
this, but I do not know where to put the file. Has anyone else encountered
this problem/has any ideas on how to proceed?
Thanks much in advance,
Rahul Dhodapkar
Blast.
You should be able to just put it next to swfmill.exe.
However the exe shouldn’t really require that DLL at all. The fact that it
does is a result of my stupidity.
I should really put out a new build without that requirement but I keep
putting it off and then forgetting, which is also a result of my stupidity.
Dan.
On 15 June 2012 19:35, Rahul Dhodapkar <> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am trying to install the swfmill.exe for windows vista on my computer.
> I dropped the contents of the download into my program files x86 folder,
> but when I double click on the .exe I get an error saying
> "the program can't start because libiconv-2.dll is missing from you
> computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
>
> I have downloaded another copy of libiconv-2.dll in an atttempt to satisfy
> this, but I do not know where to put the file. Has anyone else encountered
> this problem/has any ideas on how to proceed?
>
> Thanks much in advance,
> Rahul Dhodapkar
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
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>
>
I can confirm that just putting the dll next to the exe will work. It would
however be nice to learn how to create the exe itself, I almost got there
using mingw.
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Daniel Cassidy <>wrote:
> Blast.
>
> You should be able to just put it next to swfmill.exe.
>
> However the exe shouldn’t really require that DLL at all. The fact that it
> does is a result of my stupidity.
>
> I should really put out a new build without that requirement but I keep
> putting it off and then forgetting, which is also a result of my stupidity.
>
> Dan.
>
>
> On 15 June 2012 19:35, Rahul Dhodapkar <>wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am trying to install the swfmill.exe for windows vista on my computer.
>> I dropped the contents of the download into my program files x86 folder,
>> but when I double click on the .exe I get an error saying
>> "the program can't start because libiconv-2.dll is missing from you
>> computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
>>
>> I have downloaded another copy of libiconv-2.dll in an atttempt to
>> satisfy this, but I do not know where to put the file. Has anyone else
>> encountered this problem/has any ideas on how to proceed?
>>
>> Thanks much in advance,
>> Rahul Dhodapkar
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> swfmill mailing list
>>
>> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
>>
>>
>
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>
I put the dll next to the exe file and everything started working
perfectly!! thanks so much for the quick response.
now I am trying to change some simple text in the xml file to rebuild into
a swf and am getting some strange problems -
I am trying to get the swf to display the simple string "Testing the text
system" using the following line of swfmillxml
readOnly="1" autoSize="0" hasLayout="1" notSelectable="1" hasBorder="0"
isHTML="1" useOutlines="1" fontRef="1" fontHeight="240" align="0"
leftMargin="0" rightMargin="0" indent="0" leading="40" variableName=""
initialText="<p align="left"><font face="Times New
Roman" size="12" color="#0066cc"
letterSpacing="0.000000" kerning="1">Testing the
text system</font></p>">
but for some reason, when I run xml2swf the rendering comes out as "Testi
the text system." Is there some sort of conservation of characters or
something that I am missing? Thanks so much
-Rahul Dhodapkar
2012/6/15 Anders Pettersson <>
> I can confirm that just putting the dll next to the exe will work. It
> would however be nice to learn how to create the exe itself, I almost got
> there using mingw.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Daniel Cassidy <>wrote:
>
>> Blast.
>>
>> You should be able to just put it next to swfmill.exe.
>>
>> However the exe shouldn’t really require that DLL at all. The fact that
>> it does is a result of my stupidity.
>>
>> I should really put out a new build without that requirement but I keep
>> putting it off and then forgetting, which is also a result of my stupidity.
>>
>> Dan.
>>
>>
>> On 15 June 2012 19:35, Rahul Dhodapkar <>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I am trying to install the swfmill.exe for windows vista on my computer.
>>> I dropped the contents of the download into my program files x86 folder,
>>> but when I double click on the .exe I get an error saying
>>> "the program can't start because libiconv-2.dll is missing from you
>>> computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
>>>
>>> I have downloaded another copy of libiconv-2.dll in an atttempt to
>>> satisfy this, but I do not know where to put the file. Has anyone else
>>> encountered this problem/has any ideas on how to proceed?
>>>
>>> Thanks much in advance,
>>> Rahul Dhodapkar
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> swfmill mailing list
>>>
>>> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
>>>
>>>
>>
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>>
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>
It’s possible to do it with mingw, but incredibly complicated and time
consuming. I’ve done it in the past but it was so complicated to document
exactly what to do that I just gave up.
Personally I cross-compile from Linux. But either way is fraught with
difficulties. The main annoyance is trying to persuade the various
dependencies to link statically, hence the latest build accidentally
depending on libiconv-2.dll
To be perfectly honest, I haven’t had the time or inclination to get it
right and reproducible. There haven’t exactly been hordes of volunteers
lining up to get the Windows build working correctly either :). (although
there is no part of swfmill that *really* works correctly...)
Dan.
On 15 June 2012 19:53, Anders Pettersson <> wrote:
> I can confirm that just putting the dll next to the exe will work. It
> would however be nice to learn how to create the exe itself, I almost got
> there using mingw.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Daniel Cassidy <>wrote:
>
>> Blast.
>>
>> You should be able to just put it next to swfmill.exe.
>>
>> However the exe shouldn’t really require that DLL at all. The fact that
>> it does is a result of my stupidity.
>>
>> I should really put out a new build without that requirement but I keep
>> putting it off and then forgetting, which is also a result of my stupidity.
>>
>> Dan.
>>
>>
>> On 15 June 2012 19:35, Rahul Dhodapkar <>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I am trying to install the swfmill.exe for windows vista on my computer.
>>> I dropped the contents of the download into my program files x86 folder,
>>> but when I double click on the .exe I get an error saying
>>> "the program can't start because libiconv-2.dll is missing from you
>>> computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
>>>
>>> I have downloaded another copy of libiconv-2.dll in an atttempt to
>>> satisfy this, but I do not know where to put the file. Has anyone else
>>> encountered this problem/has any ideas on how to proceed?
>>>
>>> Thanks much in advance,
>>> Rahul Dhodapkar
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> swfmill mailing list
>>>
>>> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
>>>
>>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
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>
You haven’t even provided the whole DefineEditText tag so I’ve no idea
really, but are you sure that the text box isn’t just too narrow to contain
its contents?
There’s no particularly good reason why swfmill should remove two
characters from the middle of a string, but given the state of some of the
code I wouldn’t entirely rule out the possibility of a particularly crazy
bug.
Dan.
On 15 June 2012 20:02, Rahul Dhodapkar <> wrote:
> I put the dll next to the exe file and everything started working
> perfectly!! thanks so much for the quick response.
>
> now I am trying to change some simple text in the xml file to rebuild into
> a swf and am getting some strange problems -
>
> I am trying to get the swf to display the simple string "Testing the text
> system" using the following line of swfmillxml
>
>
> readOnly="1" autoSize="0" hasLayout="1" notSelectable="1" hasBorder="0"
> isHTML="1" useOutlines="1" fontRef="1" fontHeight="240" align="0"
> leftMargin="0" rightMargin="0" indent="0" leading="40" variableName=""
> initialText="<p align="left"><font face="Times New
> Roman" size="12" color="#0066cc"
> letterSpacing="0.000000" kerning="1">Testing the
> text system</font></p>">
>
> but for some reason, when I run xml2swf the rendering comes out as "Testi
> the text system." Is there some sort of conservation of characters or
> something that I am missing? Thanks so much
>
> -Rahul Dhodapkar
>
> 2012/6/15 Anders Pettersson <>
>
>> I can confirm that just putting the dll next to the exe will work. It
>> would however be nice to learn how to create the exe itself, I almost got
>> there using mingw.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Daniel Cassidy <
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Blast.
>>>
>>> You should be able to just put it next to swfmill.exe.
>>>
>>> However the exe shouldn’t really require that DLL at all. The fact that
>>> it does is a result of my stupidity.
>>>
>>> I should really put out a new build without that requirement but I keep
>>> putting it off and then forgetting, which is also a result of my stupidity.
>>>
>>> Dan.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 June 2012 19:35, Rahul Dhodapkar <>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to install the swfmill.exe for windows vista on my
>>>> computer. I dropped the contents of the download into my program files x86
>>>> folder, but when I double click on the .exe I get an error saying
>>>> "the program can't start because libiconv-2.dll is missing from you
>>>> computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
>>>>
>>>> I have downloaded another copy of libiconv-2.dll in an atttempt to
>>>> satisfy this, but I do not know where to put the file. Has anyone else
>>>> encountered this problem/has any ideas on how to proceed?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks much in advance,
>>>> Rahul Dhodapkar
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> swfmill mailing list
>>>>
>>>> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>
>>> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
>>>
>>>
>>
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>>
>> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
>>
>>
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>
that was most likely the reason - shorter strings render correctly, I feel
like an absolute idiot now. Thanks so much for all of your help!! The
project is really awesome and much appreciated
-Rahul Dhodapkar
2012/6/15 Daniel Cassidy <>
> You haven’t even provided the whole DefineEditText tag so I’ve no idea
> really, but are you sure that the text box isn’t just too narrow to contain
> its contents?
>
> There’s no particularly good reason why swfmill should remove two
> characters from the middle of a string, but given the state of some of the
> code I wouldn’t entirely rule out the possibility of a particularly crazy
> bug.
>
> Dan.
>
>
> On 15 June 2012 20:02, Rahul Dhodapkar <>wrote:
>
>> I put the dll next to the exe file and everything started working
>> perfectly!! thanks so much for the quick response.
>>
>> now I am trying to change some simple text in the xml file to rebuild
>> into a swf and am getting some strange problems -
>>
>> I am trying to get the swf to display the simple string "Testing the text
>> system" using the following line of swfmillxml
>>
>>
>> password="0" readOnly="1" autoSize="0" hasLayout="1" notSelectable="1"
>> hasBorder="0" isHTML="1" useOutlines="1" fontRef="1" fontHeight="240"
>> align="0" leftMargin="0" rightMargin="0" indent="0" leading="40"
>> variableName="" initialText="<p align="left"><font
>> face="Times New Roman" size="12"
>> color="#0066cc" letterSpacing="0.000000"
>> kerning="1">Testing the text system</font></p>">
>>
>> but for some reason, when I run xml2swf the rendering comes out as "Testi
>> the text system." Is there some sort of conservation of characters or
>> something that I am missing? Thanks so much
>>
>> -Rahul Dhodapkar
>>
>> 2012/6/15 Anders Pettersson <>
>>
>>> I can confirm that just putting the dll next to the exe will work. It
>>> would however be nice to learn how to create the exe itself, I almost got
>>> there using mingw.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Daniel Cassidy <
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Blast.
>>>>
>>>> You should be able to just put it next to swfmill.exe.
>>>>
>>>> However the exe shouldn’t really require that DLL at all. The fact that
>>>> it does is a result of my stupidity.
>>>>
>>>> I should really put out a new build without that requirement but I
>>>> keep putting it off and then forgetting, which is also a result of my
>>>> stupidity.
>>>>
>>>> Dan.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 15 June 2012 19:35, Rahul Dhodapkar <>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to install the swfmill.exe for windows vista on my
>>>>> computer. I dropped the contents of the download into my program files x86
>>>>> folder, but when I double click on the .exe I get an error saying
>>>>> "the program can't start because libiconv-2.dll is missing from you
>>>>> computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
>>>>>
>>>>> I have downloaded another copy of libiconv-2.dll in an atttempt to
>>>>> satisfy this, but I do not know where to put the file. Has anyone else
>>>>> encountered this problem/has any ideas on how to proceed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks much in advance,
>>>>> Rahul Dhodapkar
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> swfmill mailing list
>>>>>
>>>>> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
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I imagine the reason the "ng" characters are being removed is that they
aren't defined in the font, ie, they are not embedded... Try using
those characters in a shorter string?
Rahul Dhodapkar wrote:
> that was most likely the reason - shorter strings render correctly, I
> feel like an absolute idiot now. Thanks so much for all of your
> help!! The project is really awesome and much appreciated
>
> -Rahul Dhodapkar
>
> 2012/6/15 Daniel Cassidy <
>
>
>
> You haven’t even provided the whole DefineEditText tag so I’ve no
> idea really, but are you sure that the text box isn’t just too
> narrow to contain its contents?
>
> There’s no particularly good reason why swfmill should remove two
> characters from the middle of a string, but given the state of
> some of the code I wouldn’t entirely rule out the possibility of a
> particularly crazy bug.
>
> Dan.
>
>
> On 15 June 2012 20:02, Rahul Dhodapkar
> < >
> wrote:
>
> I put the dll next to the exe file and everything started
> working perfectly!! thanks so much for the quick response.
>
> now I am trying to change some simple text in the xml file to
> rebuild into a swf and am getting some strange problems -
>
> I am trying to get the swf to display the simple string
> "Testing the text system" using the following line of swfmillxml
>
>
> password="0" readOnly="1" autoSize="0" hasLayout="1"
> notSelectable="1" hasBorder="0" isHTML="1" useOutlines="1"
> fontRef="1" fontHeight="240" align="0" leftMargin="0"
> rightMargin="0" indent="0" leading="40" variableName=""
> initialText="<p align="left"><font
> face="Times New Roman" size="12"
> color="#0066cc" letterSpacing="0.000000"
> kerning="1">Testing the text
> system</font></p>">
>
> but for some reason, when I run xml2swf the rendering comes
> out as "Testi the text system." Is there some sort of
> conservation of characters or something that I am missing?
> Thanks so much
>
> -Rahul Dhodapkar
>
> 2012/6/15 Anders Pettersson <
> >
>
> I can confirm that just putting the dll next to the exe
> will work. It would however be nice to learn how to create
> the exe itself, I almost got there using mingw.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Daniel Cassidy
> <
> > wrote:
>
> Blast.
>
> You should be able to just put it next to swfmill.exe.
>
> However the exe shouldn’t really require that DLL at
> all. The fact that it does is a result of my stupidity.
>
> I should really put out a new build without that
> requirement but I keep putting it off and then
> forgetting, which is also a result of my stupidity.
>
> Dan.
>
>
> On 15 June 2012 19:35, Rahul Dhodapkar
> <
> > wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am trying to install the swfmill.exe for windows
> vista on my computer. I dropped the contents of
> the download into my program files x86 folder, but
> when I double click on the .exe I get an error saying
> "the program can't start because libiconv-2.dll is
> missing from you computer. Try reinstalling the
> program to fix this problem."
>
> I have downloaded another copy of libiconv-2.dll
> in an atttempt to satisfy this, but I do not know
> where to put the file. Has anyone else encountered
> this problem/has any ideas on how to proceed?
>
> Thanks much in advance,
> Rahul Dhodapkar
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> swfmill mailing list
>
> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
>
>
>
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>
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>
>
>
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>
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