First of all, I am not a Flash developer. Recently I got a bunch of applications from my client, most of them are written in PHP and Node.js with frontend technologies HTML5, CSS3, and AngularJS. One of the legacy application is using Flash as the frontend technology. It is mentioned by them that for any frontend changes in Flash application, I need Flash SDK 2 for taking new builds.
I started searching on the internet for downloading Flash SDK 2 and I couldn't find it anywhere. I want to know the below points
Can I give support for this particular application?
Is Flash SDK 2 available?
Why is the SDK not available?
It requires only some text changes and not much functionality changes. Please adivse me how to proceed further. Thanks
There is no such thing as Flash SDK 2. Most likely they meant Flex SDK 2 since it was popular for GUI design (If GUI is what you meant by "...using Flash as the front-end technology")
Define "give support". Flex code uses MXML and the ActionScript 3.0 programming language. Since you're only changing texts, it should be easy to find Strings and text labels within the code.
The updated code must be compiled into a newer SWF file (a
.swfis the output of your AS3/Flex code. The file is run on browser via Flash plugin).Either use command-line tools (included with SDK) to edit/compile or use Adobe Animate CC. Animate CC is advertised as an animation software but it has a code IDE part to it.
That version number is old and the current version is 4.6. See downloads here:
https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/flex-sdk-download.html