Exporting animation to Adobe flash

Exporting flash movie from animacian

1. To launch Animacian, select Modeling > Animacian from the main menu.
   

   NOTE:

   Animacian can also be started by any of the ways below: Right click on the diagram background and select Utilities > Animacian... from the popup menu. Click the drop-down menu of Modeling Tools and select Animacian... on the toolbar.

   The Business Process Diagram Animacian dialog box pops out. You can select an execution path to play an animation in the dialog box.
2. From the Paths list, select the execution paths to export as Flash movie.
   

   Select paths to animate

3. Click the Export to Flash... button.
   

   Click the Export to Flash... button

   This shows the Export to Flash dialog box.
   

   The Export to Flash dialog box

   Here is a description of the Export to Flash dialog box.
   

   Region Description Path The path of the exported HTML file. Flash movie file (.swf) will also be exported to the same folder as the HTML file. Launch Viewer When checked, default web browser will automatically start and play the exported Flash movie. Dimension The width and height of viewing region of Flash. Available Available paths that can be selected to export to Flash movie for animation. Selected Selected paths to export to Flash movie for animation.

   Description of the Export to Flash dialog box

4. An HTML web page will be exported. Specify the path of the HTML file. Note that the Flash movie files (.swf) will be exported to the same folder as the HTML file.
5. Choose or enter the dimension of movie if necessary. Note that the dimension determins the size of viewable region instead of the size of diagram.
   

   Select the Flash movie dimension

6. Click Export button.
   

   Click the Export button

7. Open the HTML file in the web browser to play the movie.
   

   Animation is playing

8. If there are more then one path being selected, you can click on the drop down menu at top right corner and select another path to play with.

Navigation in exported movie

You can control the flow of movie by clicking on the buttons at the bottom of the movie or by pressing shortcut keys. Here is a list of buttons.

Button Description Backward. Move one shape backward in the flow. Pause. Temporary stop playing the movie. Can play again by pressing the button. Play. Play or continue to play the movie content. Forward. Advance to the next shape in the flow. Stop. Terminate the movie.

Buttons in exporting Flash movie

You can also click on the slider to move the animation to a desired position.

Navigate in the Flash movie by dragging slider