Interactive SWF files on Smartboards.

Can Flash interactive SWF files be used on Smartboards with their interactivity intact?

The installation requirements asking for FP11.1 or greater is encouraging but how much interactivity do you expect? While it serves as a basic mouse input, the AS3 MultiTouch class will give you information on what it detects support for.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/ui/Multitouch.htm l
The inputMode property will tell you what mode it's supporting (multitouch, gestures or basic mouse), maxTouchPoints tells you how many points Flash will support via the driver and the supportedGestures vector will let you know what built-in gesture detection (rotate, scale, touch, etc) will be supported.
Contacting SmartTech would be the fastest way to get your answer but there's a good chance you at least have basic touch input with gestures, as long as you're on Win7 or higher (Note: they do say Win8 is not fully supported yet).

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Creating interactive swf files that contain flash files that don't play once loaded on server

I am creating an interactive swf file that contains a flash movie f4v file and when I preview the page in ID it plays, but once I export the InDesign file to swf, insert that on a html page using Dreamweaver (so I can send a link and not a file out) the movie doesn't play, just the first frame of the clip. I have uploaded the f4v file to our server and linked in the original ID file and it still doesn't play. Any suggestions or similar issues?

I have left the page up for quite a while to see if it is just taking longer to load that clip and that doesn't seem to be it. I am just stumped and honestly not knowledgable on how websites and servers work - just know how to get my documents up so I can send links.

Stacked interactive .swf files

Hi guys
By using the visibility argument in CSS I have placed multiple Divs containing interactive SWFs positioned in exactly the same spot on the webpage using javascript to toggle their visibility. ie <visibility:block; visibility:none;> The problem I am having is that although a swf may be toggled to being not visible the only swf whose interactivity is accessible is the swf that is physically at the top in the html code. z indexing achieves nothing. Ultimately the swfs need to be placed into the html file. There will always be a top most swf that nullifies access to the swfs below. Is there anyway to enable access through to the underlying swfs?

What is the trigger for the visibility in Javascript? Along with the same trigger, you could control your z-index values. Keep in mind z-index only works when you have a valid 'position' param on your CSS. This is the order:
position: relative;
z-index: 9999; /*higher the better*/
So, in effect, when you're making a div visible, you'd also push its z-index value higher. When you're disabling that div, you'd make it hidden & reduce the z-index value to allow the next visible div to take its place. Comprendé?
On a sidenote, if you're willing to share a URL to the subject in question, I'd be happy to advice other workarounds/ possible solutions.
-ST

Streaming interactive swf files using Adobe Media server

Hi!,
I have some swf files which are interactive. Is it possible to stream them using adobe media server via http or rtmp? Will the resulting stream be interactive? I have to play this streams on android devices. If not possible, is there any other way?
I'm using 5.0.3 version of Media server. Our Android devices are Jellybean and ICS.
Regards,
Randeep

This kind of question really has a much better chance to get a good answer if asked in the product-specific forum http://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_media_server

Playing interactive swf files in instructor led class

We are putting together an instructor led online course. The problem we keep running into, is that when we import a .swf file when we do share document, the files comes up for all to see, but anybody (teachers, stuidents, facilitator) can click on any of the buttons and everyone only sees what is on their screen as opposed to what the instructor is trying to show. If we switch to share instructors screen and select application, it works - everyone sees what the instructor sees and only the instructor can hit different buttons - which is what we want - however the quality of the .swf file gets distorted grainy and plays really slow. Does anybody have any solutions - is there a capability that I missed?

If you are using custom created SWF files make sure that you are building it to the guidelines given for the Collaboration SDK found here, http://www.adobe.com/devnet/adobeconnect.html.
You will be able to sync the file across all attendees in the room by doing the steps provided in that documentation. Otherwise, if you are using Captivate or Presenter, it should automatically sync.

Help required to understand interactive SWF appearance on various browsers and pc's

I have created an interactive newsletter for global distribution.
My work machine uses a resolution of 1280 x 1024
However, my company uses different browsers and laptops globally, as we have approx 150,000 employees.
The Indesign pages are 1000 x 800 px
When I sent out a few test files, I received various issues from different people.
Some using IE6, IE7 and IE8 complained that although their resolutions were 1280 x 800, or 1280 x 1024, the top and bottom of the swf files were either cut off or the file was presented with text too small to read.
Using Firefox, some of the people also said that the file presented with the top and bottom cut off.
My own PC using either IE8 or Firefox @ 1280 x 1024 presents the file perfectly fine.
Now, with IE 8 and firefox, by either using the CTRL + middle mouse wheel, or CTRL and + or - the SWF file resized correctly by zooming in and out.
For IE6 the user would need to right click and choose Zoom in or Zoom out.
Most users are, and I am not being patronising here, not computer savvy, and would not generally know how to perform this option. They simply use the computers to do their job and panic if a java updated is presented.
I need to avoid this if I am to pursue the interactive SWF file approach.
Has anyone else experienced this and can you offer a solution that, no matter the resolution ot Browser used the SWF file will present correctly all the time?
thanks

The usual approach is to assume the smallest pixel dimension for a desktop is 1024x768, so you set the flash stage at around 900x650. If you are coding in Actionscript there is the option to listen for a browser resize and rearrange the objects on the stage to fit the space, but that's not an option saving out of ID. The best approach is to setup your ID page to 900x650, and make sure the text is readable at 100% view.

Creating Scrolling text panels in Indesign CS5 for Interactive SWF's

Hi,
Is it possible to do as it says in the title?
I want to add some text panels and provide the ability to scroll through the text.
It will be output to an Interactive SWF file online.
Can this be done in Indesign CS5?

Hi,
Thanks for the updated information.
I created a scrooling text box in Flash CS5 and created the swf, that works fine.
Importing into Indesign CS5 isnt as straight forward as I expected?
I get the SWF icon on the Indesign Page, but previewing or publishing only shows the SWF icon, no Scrolling Text box displays.
Im ust add that if I click on the SWF icon the Text box displays, but I want it to display by default?
Are there more steps I need to take?

Share Pod + SWF file = No SWF Audio?

We have been planning on using a share pod to present
interactive SWF files. These SWFs have buttons that trigger sounds
to play. The participants and presenters alike can see the SWF,
click the buttons, but no sound plays. The audio is embedded as
part of the SWF, so it is not an issue of the SWF calling another
file to get the audio. If we use a share pod to present an FLV
movie, the audio works fine.
Does Connect Pro not pass audio from SWFs in a share pod?
I don't have Presenter, so I can't test this on a SWF
embedded in a Presenter PowerPoint.

Weird.
One important consideration about inserting custom animations
into Captivate is that any code in the animation needs to take into
account the multiple layers found in published Captivate files. An
additional layer is also introduced if you publish with Borders On
in the Skin menu. The code in the animation may be thrown off if
it's designed to work within a specific layer order.
Have you tried creating a brand new Captivate project and
inserting the animation there? If it works there but not in your
project, that would at least tell you it works at all.
Also, have you tried adjusting the start/end time of your
animation on the timeline? Sometimes it helps to have animations
start after a button has paused the slide, or after the other
elements on the slide have had a chance to fade in completely.
Beyond that, not being able to see a SWF sounds like a
security issue of some sort. What that issue might be... is a
mystery.

Help!!! My video disappears in my interactive .swf export

After exporting my InDesign file as an interactive .SWF file, I view its html file on my desktop and
everything is working perfectly. Once I upload the files (the Resource file, the
.swf file and the html file) everything looks great until I see the page with my video clip. When turning
to that page, I see the video image for a split second and it then disappears. I have it set in InDesign,
so that it plays automatically when the page turns and I when you hover over it, the bar to pause or stop,
should appear. Online, I see none of that...just an empty square, where the video should be. It is
apparent that something is going wrong when viewing it online. Please help! I would like to show my client
on Monday. I really need to get this fixed. Thanks for your help.

One thread on your topic is sufficient. Since you are receiving help at the other one, http://forums.adobe.com/message/3961261#3961261, I'm going to lock this one.

Interactive swf-Import fails....

Hi!
This might be a silly question.....But I am confused.
I created a little interactive game in flash and imported the game into my captivate projekt (Captivate 4). But after publishing the game will not start (it should start with a mouse-click on it).
I double checked everthing, playerversion (8), AS-Version (AS2), fps (15).....
Is it posible that it will just not work? Is there a work-around? Create a widget??? Where do I insert my code?
I am sorry to ask..
Greetings from Berlin,
Lilly

Hi Lilly,
I am reall sorry to hear that you have encountered issues importing your interactive swf files into Adobe Captivate. Unfortunately the only suggestion I can make it to post this question to the Advanced Adobe Captivate Users forum,
http://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_captivate/adobe_captivate_advanced
I am sure some one there can help you out.
Best regards,
Mark

Can keyboardEvent and mouseEvent work in the same .swf file?

I'm nowhere near an expert on Flash or action script, so this is probably a simple thing to solve. But so far I haven't figured it out.
I put together a rather simple interactive .swf file using graphical "buttons" to navigate through different screens. Afterwards, I was told to add in two keyboard events as well: one to navigate to the next screen and one to restart the .swf file.
Using the keyboard to navigate the way I explained above works fine--that is, until I use the mouse to click on a button. Once I do that, the keyboard events no longer work. For example, if I start off the .swf file by pressing the Space bar on the keyboard to navigate to another page, it works fine. If I then press the "R" key on the keyboard to restart the .swf file, that works fine as well.
However, the first time I click on one of the buttons on the stage to navigate to another screen, the keyboard events no longer work. I can press the Space bar, and nothing. I can press the "R" key to restart the .swf file, and nothing. It's as if using a mouse event disabled the keyboard events or made the .swf file stop "listening" for keyboard events. The only way I can get the keyboard events to work again is by clicking somewhere on the stage and THEN pressing the appropriate keyboard key. I'm guessing that's because I put the focus back on the stage, maybe?? (again, not an expert here)
My code is ridiculously simple, and it's on the first frame:
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKey);
function onKey(event:KeyboardEvent):void
    if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.SPACE)
        gotoAndPlay(currentFrame + 1);
     if (event.keyCode == 82)
        gotoAndPlay(1);
Is there anything I need to do to this to make sure the .swf file is always "listening" and registering the keyboard events?
Thanks..

use:
trace("defined");
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKey);
function onKey(event:KeyboardEvent):void
trace(event);
    if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.SPACE)
        gotoAndPlay(currentFrame + 1);
     if (event.keyCode == 82)
        gotoAndPlay(1);
test by clicking one of your buttons and watching the output panel for "defined". if you don't see that, you're not defining a keyboard listener when that button is clicked. if you do see it, then click a keyboard key. (if you're testing in the flash test environment make sure you disable keyboard shortcuts.)   if you fail to see the keyboardevent trace, you're removing or disabling your listener after it's defined.

Flash CS5 SWF File not functioning in Captivate 5

Hi,
I have an Interactive SWF File created in Flash CS5 that has an Intro screen with a button to continue etc and it opens to a presentation with several buttons, and works fine.
I bring the SWF file into Captivate 5. It shows fine in the Slide, but when I test it or publish it, two things happen.
It stops after a second and disappears. I have set it to play for the duration of the animation, but it makes no difference.
If I extend the timeline out to several minutes then it will stay, but although the Start button works, nothing happens, it just sits there.
how do I get the Slide to stop and stay so that the user can take their time interacting with the animation. ( I dont how long someone will spend on the presentation)?
Why doesn't the interactivity actually work?
Cheers

Take a look at this other thread: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3606274#3606274
It may explain the reason for the issue and what you can do about it.

Need my cover page to show first in interactive .swf export

I have created an eight page document with a cover and back cover.
The other six pages in between are facing pages. When I export this as an interactive .swf file, the
cover page appears on the right with a blank facing page on the left. How can I get it to show only the cover first, then
when I turn the page (page curl, of course) the facing pages display together and then finally the back cover?

Oh...by the way, I am using InDesign, CS 5.5.

Embed same SWF file multiple times in Flash file

I want to include the same SWF file multiple times in the same flash file. I have a plain box that is clear, that becomes visible when clicked. I want to create a grid of them (about 50+). If I copy the layers and actions, they interfere with each other so I want to embed multiple SWF files into one file and then save it to embed in an interactive PDF. If I save one square and embed it into the PDF multiple times, the file becomes too big to work. How can I embed interactive SWF files over and over into 1 SWF file? I don't have a ton of knowledge with Flash....

you edit your html file to embed multiple copies of your swf.
it's generally easier to control the layout if you use swfobject (but you can just copy the code published by flash pro) to embed the swf.

Load and control AS2 interactive SWF in AS3 and get properties of AS2 swf

Hi,
Can anyone please tell me how to load AS2 and AS3 swf file in AS3 Loader class. I have tried "ForcibleLoader.as, AVM1Loader.as, AVM2Loader.as but as of now I have not get successes yet. There are some issue in all library.
I am looking for below solution.
1) Load SWF file AS2, AS3 via flashVars params and load it in AS3 player.
2) After successfully loaded, below properties should be shown -
     a) totalFrames
     b) currentFrames
     c) FPS of loaded swf file
     d) Should wok play(), stop() properties of loaded swf file.
     e) SWF file should work just like video player application where we can do Play, Pause, Stop, Seek (All properties and methods
        should be supported. )
3) Player should be capable of loading all swf file regardless of any version AVM1 AVM2 both in AS3 Player.
4) After loading player should scale external loaded swf file as per Player stage width and height and content should be scale
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4) AS2 & AS3 action script must be supported in AS3 player. (All interactive swf file should be supported)
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http://gskinner.com/blog/archives/2007/07/swfbridge_easie.html

Interactive SWF files on Smartboards.

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