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

The New Project Wizard will appear. Select Windows Application in Visual C# Projects group:

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:

Switch to COM tab and find SWF SlideShow Scout library in the list of available ActiveX/COM objects:

Click Select button to add the reference to SWF SlideShow Scout library and click OK:

4) Double-click on form Form1 to create the Form1_Load procedure (this procedure will be execute on Form1.OnLoad event):

The source code editor window will appear:

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:

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

"Hello, World!" flash slideshow movie generation examples for different programming languages will guide you step by step from the very beginning:

On-line documentation (HTML format)

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