[basic] exporting

**HarryPutnam** · 19 January 2010, 07:35 PM

Setup: Windows XP pro sp/3 XaraExtreme 5

I'm having some trouble understanding how to export a flash.swf and have it play anywhere else.

Possibly not getting how flash works.. but If I export my simple 3 frame animation as *.swf then pick (I guess) `swf8', and `page as against `selection' or `drawing'. ( I have tried them all to be sure). I should be able to play it with adobe flash player version 10 right?

But all I see is one frame.

The Adobe medial player refuses to even open it.

If I simply double click the *.swf, Adobe Flash player 10 opens but all I see is one frame and the controls menu item has all the controls greyed out.

And even if I open it with Adobe Flash Pro CS4, it still just shows one frame.

However when I preview it inside XaraExtreme5 it plays like I expect it to.

**steve.ledger** · 19 January 2010, 07:40 PM

Are you using 'File>>Export animation' ??

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**HarryPutnam** · 19 January 2010, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by sledger

Are you using 'File>>Export animation' ??

Gack... no I wasn't but I'm sure the little walk thru in helpfile said to export it as Flash swf. I must have miss-understood

Thanks... Now I see animation.