FLASH PROJECTOR FILE: HOW TO OPEN?

It might have had its extention strip, so if you just add the correct extention (by just adding ".something" at the end of the file name, it will ask if you want to use this extention), like ".swf" or whatever the flash projects file is before being exported as a swf, the file itself should be fine. Also, is this a Mac to PC transfer, or Mac to Mac? Note, without quotation marks.

 

you're likely correct an e-mail strip.
try putting an ".exe" extension on it, that's how (director - edit i mean flash) creates self-contained projector files. warning - make sure it's from a reputable source just in case it contains nasties - especially if you are on a windows machine.

 

flash projector files are wholy enclosed applications
on win it has the extension .exe and on mac it is an app.

however they often do not survive the email transfer, it is usually
best to compress them before sending so that your email gets it as a zip or sit
instead of as an application

 

as mentioned above have them send it as an archived file like a .sit (stuffit), .zip file. hopefully that will make it through to your e-mail, although many corporate IT weenies will remove those filetypes from e-mail too. worth a try though.

also make sure when they send the file that they have included the file extension in the file name, that way it won't get lost in translation as well.