| Feature items |
SWF Decompiler 3 |
SWF Decompiler 4 |
| Compatible with Flash 9 |
No |
Yes |
| Compatible with
Flash 8 |
Yes |
Yes |
| Compatible
with ActionScript 3.0 |
No |
Decompile & Display & Export |
| Compatible
with ActionScript 2.0 |
Decompile & Display & Export |
Decompile & Display & Export |
| Provide Thumbnail View |
No |
Yes |
| SWF Catcher for FireFox |
Yes |
Yes |
| Play and Pause the movie by Playback Controls |
Yes |
Yes |
| Popup Export FLA dialog when exporting FLA |
Yes |
Yes |
| Export AS format for exporting ActionScript. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Provide alternative .txt format for exporting Text. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Optimize Tag Id in Resource panel instead of Symbol Number |
Yes |
Yes |
| Export image with transparent pixels in PNG format |
Enhanced |
Enhanced |
| Enable to work with Visual PC on Mac machine |
Enhanced |
Enhanced |
| Convert SWF that contains Video to FLA |
Yes |
Yes |
| Convert
Static Text to Shape |
Yes |
Yes |
| Enable
to generate Guideline when converting to FLA file |
Yes |
Yes |
| Export
the Flash Project file (flp) including .fla and
.as files if the SWF file contains AS 2.0 classes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Support
Flash Components |
Yes |
Yes |
| Store
different types of symbols in individual Library
folder when converting to FLA |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fastest
and Easiest export Flash movie in FLA format |
Yes |
Yes |
| Export
standard *.exe file to FLA format |
Yes |
Yes |
| Support
Flash MX2004 (V7.0) |
Better |
Better |
| Professionally
parse, decompile, preview and extract all SWF file’s
components to multiple formats |
Better |
Better |
| Extract/Export
Flash Video (*.flv) file |
Yes |
Yes |
| Extract/Export
Morph Shape |
Yes |
Yes |
| New
Windows XP and compatible interface |
Yes |
Yes |
| Powerful
enough IE Capture Engine to catch any SWF movies
in IE browser |
Yes |
Yes |
| Show
“Line numbers” for ActionScript |
Yes |
Yes |
| Copy/Find
text in ActionScript |
Yes |
Yes |
| Extract/Export
other SWF tags (Import/Export Assets, etc) |
Yes |
Yes |
| List
detailed information about extracting SWF tags (Bounding
Box, Text string, etc) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Copy,
delete and rename files in Explorer Bar |
Yes |
Yes |
| Export image, sound and video |
Enhanced |
Enhanced |
| Motion
Tween parsing process |
Enhanced |
Enhanced |
| Engine
of decompiler to improve the quality of the decompiled
code |
Enhanced |
Enhanced |
| Support
standalone Flash movie *.exe format |
Yes, either able to export movie to fla format or extract all elements |
Yes, either able to export movie to fla format or extract all elements |