[VB.NET] - Integrate Flash Into Your Application - [TUT]

[Fragma]

Just a quick tutorial on how to integrate .SWF files into your VB.NET applications using the Shockwave Flash Object component.

This is very simple to do and it's really quite useful to know.

You need to start off by adding the component. To do this, right click on "All Windows Forms" in your Toolbox, and select "Choose Items".



On the pop-up window, select the COM tab, and scroll down to Shockwave Flash Object. Check the box next to it, and click OK.



Now find the Shockwave Flash Object in your Toolbox, and drag it onto your form. Now you just need to get it to play something! For this example I will simply add an OpenFileDialog, which will be used to select the the .SWF file, and open it in the Shockwave Flash Player. Note you can also link directly to an .SWF URL in the same way.

Code:

Dim OFD As New OpenFileDialog
        OFD.Filter = "SWF Files (*.swf)|*.swf|All files (*.*)|*.*"
        Dim results As DialogResult
        results = OFD.ShowDialog

        If results = DialogResult.OK Then
            AxShockwaveFlash1.Movie = OFD.FileName
        End If

And there you have it..