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Tutorial: how to create slideshow from JPG images using SWF SlideShow Scout library in Visual C# (Visual Studio.NET)

Tutorial: make flash slideshow from JPG images using C#

and SWF SlideShow Scout library 

You can download the source code of this example here: swfslideshowscout_csharp.zip

This page will teach how to use Visual C# and SWF SlideShow Scout library to create "Hello, World!" flash slideshow movie (.SWF) from JPG images

 
1) Install SWF SlideShow Scout library on your computer and run Microsoft Visual Studio.NET
 
Go to New menu and click Project... to create new Visual C# project
 
VC# IDE file menu
 
The New Project Wizard will appear. Select Windows Application in Visual C# Projects group:
 
New project wizard in ñ sharp
 
2) Visual C# will create a new empty project:
 
New project generated by C# project wizard
 
3) To use SWF SlideShow Scout library in Visual C# application we should add the reference to SWF SlideShow Scout. Select Project in the main menu and then select Add Reference command:
 
Add reference menu in VC#
 
Switch to COM tab and find SWF SlideShow Scout library in the list of available ActiveX/COM objects:
 
Add reference dialog
 
Click Select button to add the reference to SWF SlideShow Scout library and click OK:
 
Click OK in Add Reference dialog
 
4) Double-click on form Form1 to create the Form1_Load procedure (this procedure will be execute on Form1.OnLoad event):
 
Blank form in C# project
 
The source code editor window will appear:
 
Auto generated form load procedure
 
5) The following code snippet generates simple "Hello, World!" SWF flash movie and saves it into "c:\shapes.swf" file:
 
SWFSlideShowScout.SlideShow SlideShow = new SWFSlideShowScout.SlideShow();

// initialize library

SlideShow.InitLibrary ("demo", "demo");

// start slide 320x240 show

SlideShow.BeginSlideShow (320, 240);

// slide #1, show with "stetMosaicLarge" effect, 1000 msec

SlideShow.AddSlideFromFileName ("Slide1.jpg", SWFSlideShowScout.SlideTransitionEffectType.stetMosaicLarge, 1000);

SlideShow.AddDelay (1000);

// slide #2, show with "stetBlur" effect, 1000 msec

SlideShow.AddSlideFromFileName ("Slide2.jpg", SWFSlideShowScout.SlideTransitionEffectType.stetBlur, 1000);

SlideShow.AddDelay (1000);

// slide #3, show with "stetZoomCircle" effect , 1000 msec

SlideShow.AddSlideFromFileName("Slide3.jpg", SWFSlideShowScout.SlideTransitionEffectType.stetZoomCircle, 1000);

SlideShow.AddDelay (1000);

// slide #4, show with "stetLiquid" effect, 1000 msec

SlideShow.AddSlideFromFileName("Slide4.jpg", SWFSlideShowScout.SlideTransitionEffectType.stetLiquid, 1000);

SlideShow.AddDelay (1000);

// slide #5, show with "stetShuttersBias" effect, 1000 msec

SlideShow.AddSlideFromFileName("Slide5.jpg", SWFSlideShowScout.SlideTransitionEffectType.stetShuttersBias, 1000);

SlideShow.AddDelay (2000);

// save to flash movie file

SlideShow.SaveToFile("HelloWorld.swf");

MessageBox.Show("Slideshow saved to HelloWorld.swf file");

               

Hint:
 
You can simply copy the source code from the snippet above and paste into Visual C# source code editor:
 
 
6) Press F5 to run the application (you can also use "Debug" | "Start" menu command) and Visual C#.NET will run the application:
Start project menu
 
The application will create "Hello, World!" flash slideshow animation movie from JPG images (slide1.jpg, slide2.jpg etc) and save it into "SlideShow.swf" flash file.


You can view generated flash animation using any application that can play flash movies: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or other flash compatible browser.
 
 

You can download the source code of this example here: swfslideshowscout_csharp.zip

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