Generating .swf Files

I'm designing my first Flex/AIR application. I was thinking that it would generate a .swf file. I could then run that .swf file in the player I plan to build or perhaps in a web browser, as a .swf generated using Flash. Surprise! There doesn't appear to be a way to build a .swf file using ActionScript. Some discussion on the topic here:

http://www.nabble.com/Loading-Image-Sequence-into-Movie-%3E%3E-Programmatically-Dynamically-Generate-SWF-td15261040.html

ByteScout has a product called SWFScout. It's an ActiveX/.NET library that allows you to create a .swf file in VB. If ByteScout can do it in VB, I should be able to do it in ActionScript, right? I think that is the next topic I'll pursue.

http://www.bytescout.com/swfscout.html

Someone actually tackled parsing a .swf file. I don't think I'm up for that!

http://flashpanoramas.com/blog/2007/07/02/swf-parser-air-application/

I also found from "Sean the Flex Guy", a PowerPoint slide show that highlights Adobe's RIA technologies:

http://flex.org/tour/slides.pdf