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I'm creating online catalogs as .SWFs and would like show them with the page curl and navigation. I know there are sites that do this for you that you have to pay for, but I'm not looking for advanced controls.

I have the .HTML and .SWF files when I export using Interactive PDF, but the .HTML file opens in the middle of the browser window. I'd like to reposition the catalog within the browser window and add navigation to flip through the pages. Is this only possible through Flash? If so, can you point me in the right direction to make navigation?

Here's my sample catalog with a page curl

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If the catalog is flash, then you need the navigation to either be a) in the flash file or b) written in JS with the flash file set up to 'listen' to the JS commands. This question is probably better asked on StackOverflow or a dedicated Flash forum. FYI, I'd encourage looking for an alternative to using Flash sooner or later, given that iOS doesn't support it at all. – DA01 May 2 '12 at 19:07
Kamalo- Check this out: stackoverflow.com/questions/8214978/… and stackoverflow.com/questions/2444264/… If those don't help, please flag the question and a mod can migrate to SO... – Farray May 2 '12 at 19:12
I searched in stack overflow before posting here to make sure that it wouldn't get closed here- and it did... those links you posted don't answer my question. I thought this would be a fit for this forum because of the indesign, flash and pdf tags. If can't have discussion with these tags in here, then maybe they should be redefined. I am a graphic designer in a graphic design forum and these are the questions that apply to my job. – kamalo May 2 '12 at 19:24
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But it's not a design question. It's a coding question. Lot's of us graphic designers are also coders, but code questions belong over in StackOverflow. In-Design is a little bit of a red herring, unless you are actually exporting as SWF right from In-Design? If that's the case, I'd agree, it's more of a Graphic Design tool question. And likely a valid question. – DA01 May 2 '12 at 19:40
@kamalo DA01 is correct; We're all designers here, but the question belongs where its content is most appropriate. In this case it seems to be a code question - but I could be mistaken. If it is specifically about a pure-design-tool workflow, can it be refined as such? If it's about the code that enables navigation, it should be migrated. I'll be happy to facilitate either course of action... – Farray May 2 '12 at 21:11

closed as off topic by Farray May 2 '12 at 19:13

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