---
name: "mtasc"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mtasc"
version: "1.14-3+b3"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mtasc"
---

# mtasc(1)

ActionScript 2 to Flash (SWF) compiler

## NAME

mtasc - ActionScript 2 to Flash (SWF) compiler

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **mtasc** command.

It was written for Debian as **mtasc** does not have a manual page.

**mtasc** compiles ActionScript 2 files to Flash (SWF) files.

## SYNOPSIS

**mtasc** \[options\] \<files...\>

## OPTIONS

The options are processed from left to right. All of the options use a single dash.

- **-pack** \<path\>

  Compile all files in target package.

- **-cp** \<path\>

  Add classpath.

- **-v**

  Turn on verbose mode.

- **-strict**

  Turn on strict mode.

- **-infer**

  Turn on local variables inference.

- **-wimp**

  Turn on warnings for unused imports.

- **-msvc**

  Use MSVC style errors.

- **-mx**

  Use precompiled mx package.

- **-swf** \<file\>

  Input SWF file to update.

- **-out** \<file\>

  SWF output file.

- **-keep**

  Do not remove AS2 classes from input SWF.

- **-frame** \<frame\>

  Export into target frame (it must exist in the SWF).

- **-main**

  Enable the main entry point.

- **-header** \<header\>

  Specify header format. The format of this option is 'width:height:fps', where fps means frames per second.

- **-group**

  Group classes into a single clip

- **-exclude** \<file\>

  Exclude classes listed in a file.

- **-version**

  Change SWF version (6,7,8,...)

- **-trace** \<function\>

  Specify a TRACE function.

- **-help** or **--help**

  Display a list of options and what they do.

## SEE ALSO

The mtasc website (http://www.mtasc.org) and the mtasc osflash page (http://osflash.org/mtasc).