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Notice
This documentation is a little outdated. As with swftools-0.2.1 and
above, you can simply do
- pdf2swf -bl -o document.swf document.pdf
+ pdf2swf -bl -o document.swf document.pdf
to link viewer and preloader.
- However, the Steps below are still valid for jpeg2swf.
+ However, the Steps below are still valid for jpeg2swf.
Step 1: Converting the documents
Suppose you have an arbitrary pdf file, "document.pdf".
Call:
- pdf2swf -o tmp.swf document.pdf
+ pdf2swf -o tmp.swf document.pdf
Now, tmp.swf is a Flash Movie generated from document.pdf. Movie means
that there are no navigation elements whatsoever. Just frames which
get displayed one by one, at a rate of approx. 1/2 frames/second. How
Just take a viewer of your choice (e.g. [1]SimpleViewer.swf ) and put
it in the same directory where you entered the commands above.
Now call:
- swfcombine -o flashfile.swf SimpleViewer.swf viewport=tmp.swf
+ swfcombine -o flashfile.swf SimpleViewer.swf viewport=tmp.swf
Now, 'flashfile.swf' is "browsable", i.e. there are some buttons in it
for turning pages.
or just convert a "Loading" JPEG picture to swf (jpeg2swf -o
loading.swf picture.jpg)) Now use
swfcombine -o flashfile.swf PreLoader.swf loader=loading.swf
- movie=flashfile.swf
+ movie=flashfile.swf
(Most loaders are smaller than the document they load. They usually
need some centering so they appear in the middle of the page to be
displayed, not in the upper left corner. Replace the above command
with e.g.
swfcombine -o flashfile.swf PreLoader.swf -x 3000 -y 3000
- loader=loading.swf movie=flashfile.swf
+ loader=loading.swf movie=flashfile.swf
and try playing around with the values after -x and -y)
Step 4: Correcting the size and framerate
the SWFs, the new dimensions are those of the PreLoader and Viewer
templates, and not those of your pdf or jpeg files. To fix this, use
swfcombine --dummy `swfdump -XY tmp.swf` flashfile.swf -o
- flashfile.swf
+ flashfile.swf
(tmp.swf is your 'original' swf, generated like above)
You may also want to adjust the framerate of the movie to that of the
preloader. (As the preloader is usually the only animated part of e.g.
pdf viewers)
Use:
swfcombine --dummy `swfdump -r loading.swf` flashfile.swf -o
- flashfile.swf
+ flashfile.swf
Step 5: Embedding the SWF into a html page
embed SWFs into html pages, it's explained at
[4]http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/tn4150.html .
Also, you can simply type
- swfdump --html flashfile.swf
+ swfdump --html flashfile.swf
and insert the output into your html document
Appendix A: Creating your own Viewers
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