How to make a re-distributable screensaver from SWF flash movie using SWF To Screensaver Scout

SWF To Screensaver Scout converts SWF flash movies into re-distributable screensavers

SWF To Screensaver Scout Tutorial: How to convert SWF flash movies into redistributable Windows screensaver installer (.EXE) using SWF To Screensaver Scout.

Run SWF To Screensaver Scout and select flash movie you want to use as screensaver and click Make Setup button:

The flash screensaver installer settings dialog will appear:

You can change Title, Copyrights, Publisher and other fields to your own values, enter title for the screensaver, enter URL of your web-site etc.

You can also set your own group name for icons, set license and readme text to display during installation:

Also you can set a text to display when user will click "Settings" in Windows screensaver properties dialog:

Click Generate to generate an EXE screensaver installer for selected flash movie. Save dialog will appear. Select a filename for EXE installer and click Save

Program will generate EXE installer and will open it in Explorer:

To the test generated installer double-click on it and installation will start. Click Next button to go through an installation process

Click Finish to finish screensaver setup.

After clicking Finish installer will display Screensaver tab of Display Properties dialog. As we can see the screensaver preview is displayed.

Click Settings button to display About dialog that contains information about our screensaver:

The About dialog is displayed. URL defined by user is used by default in this dialog but you can set custom text (RTF or TXT) for this dialog on the "Screensaver".

Tutorials:

- how to create flash screensaver installer