InDesign CS4 swf creation of a flip book

Hi, I have a file 12" x 9" facing pages. I've created the book layout; and adjusted it for the printer so that it appears sideways In InDesign CS4. I would like to create a flip booklet with the pages flipping upwards instead of sidewards. Can it be done?

I've never exported to SWF, but isn't a placed PDF treated as an image? I.e. any text in it won't get the same treatment as real InDesign text.

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This is quite old thread, I don´t have those source codes anymore... besides many people still uses monitors with width of 1024, 1219px wide magazine would clip in those monitors, so I don´t suggest to use it without shrinking....
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I am using Indesign CS4 to make a page turn and it works fine.
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