Animacian is a tool that lets you demonstrate, review and analyze various kinds of diagrams by animating them. Starting from VP Suite version 3.4 Service Pack 2, Animacian supports exporting animation into Adobe Flash format. This makes the demonstrate of work more flexible - You can demonstrate anywhere with the help of a web browser.

Exporting Flash Movie from Animacian

Here we have a business process diagram. Let's export flash movie from it.

1. Open the Animacian by selecting Tools > Animacian from the main menu, or simply press on the button on the toolbar.
   
2. Check the path(s) to export as flash movies. In order to know the flow of a path, select it first, then drag slider back and forth to watch the animation directly on the diagram.
   
3. Click on Export to Flash... Note that this button is available only when there is at least one selected path.
   
   
   This displays the Export to Flash dialog box.
   
4. An HTML web page will be exported. Select the path of the HTML file. Note that the Flash movie files (.swf) will be exported to the same folder as the HTML file.
5. Choose or enter the dimension of movie if necessary. Note that the dimension affects the movie, not the diagram.
   
6. When everything is ready, click Export to start exporting. Since the option Launch Viewer was selected, the HTML file will be opened directly, playing the exported animation.
   
   
   To change to play another paths, click on the drop down menu at the top right corner and select another path to play.
   

Navigation in Exported Movie

You can control the flow of movie by clicking on the buttons at the bottom of the movie or by pressing shortcut keys. Here is a list of buttons.

	Backward. Move one object backward in the flow.
	Play. Play or continue to play the movie content.
	Pause. Temporary stop playing the movie. Can play again by pressing the Play button.
	Forward. Advance to the next object in the flow.
	Stop. Terminate the movie.

You can also click on the slider to move the animation to a desired position.

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