Need to create a flipbook from an ID CS4 "book" not a document

Question

I've created a 600+ page coursebook in InDesign CS4 which consists of 15 ID documents. I have put all these (15) documents in an InDesign "book". From this ID "book", how do I make a flipbook. Or from the "book" I create a PDF. How can I create a flipbook from a PDF?

Answer 1

It seems like I read somewhere that you cannot export to SWF (your flipbook) format from a book. There are scripts, tho, that can take booked documents, then combine the separate documents into one document. Afterwards you could export to SWF.
I couldn't find where I got this script, nor who I downloaded it from, so if anyone can provide attribution to the following, please post the info:
//BookToDocument.jsx
//An InDesign CS3 JavaScript
//Moves pages from all documents in a book to a
//single, new document.
main();
function main(){
if(app.books.length > 0){
  if(app.books.item(0).bookContents.length > 0){
   myMovePages(app.books.item(0));
function myMovePages(myBook){
var myDocument, myPageCounter, myPage, mySection;
var myFileName = File.saveDialog("Save the merged book as:", "*.indd");
//Suppress missing font/file warnings.
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;
var myTargetDocument = app.open(myBook.bookContents.item(0).fullName);
var myName = myTargetDocument.name;
//Turn user interaction back on again.
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
//Document.save (to: File , stationery:boolean, versionComments:string, forceSave:boolean):Document 
myTargetDocument = myTargetDocument.save(File(myFileName));
//Iterate through each document in the book.
var myMaximumValue = myBook.bookContents.length;
var myProgressBarWidth = 300;
var myIncrement = myProgressBarWidth/myMaximumValue;
var myProgressPanel = myCreateProgressPanel(myProgressBarWidth);
myProgressPanel.show();
myProgressPanel.myProgressBar.value = myIncrement;
myProgressPanel.myChapterName.enabled = false; 
myProgressPanel.myChapterName.text = "Now processing: " + myName;
for(var myCounter = 1; myCounter<myBook.bookContents.length; myCounter++){
  //Open the book document, suppressing missing font/file warnings.
  app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;
  myDocument = app.open(myBook.bookContents.item(myCounter).fullName);
  app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
  myProgressPanel.myChapterName.text = "Now processing: " + myDocument.name;
  for(myPageCounter = 0; myPageCounter<myDocument.pages.length; myPageCounter++){
   //Duplicate the page to the merged document.
   myPage = myDocument.pages.item(myPageCounter).duplicate(LocationOptions.after, myTargetDocument.pages.item(-1));
   if(myPageCounter == 0){
    //Create the section and copy section properties from the document.
    myProperties = myDocument.sections.item(0).properties;
    mySection = myTargetDocument.sections.add(undefined, {pageStart:myTargetDocument.pages.item(-1)});
    mySection.properties = myProperties;
  //Close the document without saving.
  myDocument.close(SaveOptions.NO);
  myProgressPanel.myProgressBar.value = myIncrement * (myCounter+1);
myProgressPanel.myProgressBar.value = 0;
myProgressPanel.hide();
alert("Done!");
function myCreateProgressPanel(myProgressBarWidth){
  myProgressPanel = new Window('window', 'Progress');
  with(myProgressPanel){
   myProgressPanel.myChapterName = add('edittext', [12, 12, myProgressBarWidth, 36], ""); 
   myProgressPanel.myProgressBar = add('progressbar', [12, 12, myProgressBarWidth, 24], 0, myProgressBarWidth);
  return myProgressPanel;