Tutorial: how to create flash movie using SWF Scout library and VBScript (Visual Basic script)

Quick Guide: How to create SWF flash animation movie from VBScript ("Hello, World!"example)

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

SWF Scout library can be used in scripting languages that support ActiveX/COM objects: Javascript, VBScript, Visual Basic scripted language. This page will show how create the SWF flash animation movie using VBScript and SWF Scout library.

Windows 98/2000/ME/XP have built-in VBScript support and all files with ".VBS" are recognized as VBScript files and can be executed by system.

1) Install SWF Scout library on your computer

2) Run Notepad

3) To create SWF flash animation movie in VBScript we have to write a very simple script:

W = 640 ' width

H = 480 ' height

Set Movie = CreateObject("SWFScout.FlashMovie")

Movie.InitLibrary "demo", "demo"

Movie.BeginMovie 0, 0, W, H, 1, 12, 6

Movie.SetBackgroundColor 255, 255, 255 ' set background color to white

Font = Movie.AddFont("Arial", 18, True, False, False, False, 0) ' add font

' create and place text

Text = Movie.AddText("Hello, World!", 0, 0, 0, 255, Font, 0, 100, 250, 160)

Movie.PlaceText Text, Movie.CurrentMaxDepth ' place text into current depth

Movie.PLACE_FadeOut 0.5 ' fade out text

Shape = Movie.AddShape ' add new shape

Movie.SHAPE_Rectangle 0, 140, 150, 285 ' draw rectangle

Movie.SHAPE_SetSolidColor 50, 255, 50, True, 255 ' set solid fill for shape

Movie.PlaceShape Shape, Movie.CurrentMaxDepth ' place shape into current depth

Movie.ShowFrame 10 ' show 10 frames

Movie.EndMovie ' end movie generation

Movie.SaveToFile "shapes.swf" ' save file

' disconnect from library

Set Movie = Nothing

Feel free to copy code from this page, paste into the notepad and save as a "HelloWorld.VBS":

4) Double-click "HelloWorld.VBS" file from Explorer or from another file manager and script will be executed.

You can view generated flash file (.SWF) using Internet Explorer or another application that is capable of viewing and playing of flash animations.

Flash movie created using VBScript and SWF Scout

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