SlideShow using Indesign Scripting

Hello...
I want to convert the Indesign SlideShow file into HTML file using Indesign Javascript... In Indesign file One Enlarged image will be there and other small images will be there. When you click the small image it should display as Enlarged image...
Please can anyone help me on this...

InDesign scripts only work within InDesign, on the native file. For a function such as you imagine, you need to insert some sort of Javscript into the HTML.

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