XML Flip Book / AS3

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XML Flip Book / AS3 is fully XML driven. We have put allot of work into it to ensure all your needs are fulfilled. This project is constantly improving, recently we starting to work on Flip Book wordpress plugin and Swfpress admin panel implementation.

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Features Overview:

Most of those features can be disabled in the XML, if for example print option is not needed you can easily disable it in the XML file.

• Books/Categories – this feature is automatically enabled when there is more then one book. For each of the books there is a title filed which specifies the title of the book. The categories panel is scrollable so it can contains unlimited number of books.
• Deeplinking – each page has its own URL so you can link directly to any page or form in the application. Also the browser arrows (next / back) are working as they should in non Flash application.
• Video Support – easily embed a flv video into any page in the book.
• View all pages – this feature enables user to easily view all the pages that are in the Flip Book, user can choose page he wish to see.
• Zoom – zoom option enables user to zoom the flip book, after zoom the alert is displayed (text for the alert is xml driven)
• Printer – print option lets the user to print selected pages, after clicking print the image from the Flip Book is send to the printer.
• Download PDF – user can download Flip Book as pdf, it can be URL driven or automatically generated
• Slideshow – slideshow has the dynamic speed control, also there is a ability to set it to auto play when the book is open.
• Table of Content – In the setup XML file you can create a beautifully looking table of content.
• Music – sound control Stop/Pause (mp3 linked from url), dynamic volume control, also there is an option to set the auto play of music.
• Contact Form – easily setup all the text and alert messages in the contact form, also disable or enable the social icons in the Contact Form. (This form uses PHP , it doesn’t work on ActiveDen server, but it will work on any other server).
• Tell a Friend – users of the Flip Book can easily send to friend (or coworker) a link to any page they like.

Detailed Features

• XML driven:
  • books assets (images, SWFs, video, text,)
  • background – image or solid color,
  • buttons and UI background colors and alpha,
  • width and height of each book. You can also set the width and height to 0 and then I will be automatically scaled to fit the browser!
  • bitmap smoothing,
  • alpha of each shadow,
  • tool tips (enabled/disabled) and alert texts,
  • all texts,
  • table of contents,
  • specific URL for each page, clicking that page redirects to the specified URL,
  • contact form and social icons (enable/disable icons),
  • enable / disable double click to turn the page,
  • slides show (auto play),
  • music (path to sound file and auto play),
  • separate mp3 for each book,
  • ability to disable each of the features from the upper navigation menu
• unlimited books (categories),
• deeplinking – each page and book have its separate URL. Also, the back / next arrows in the browser work!
• setup one image to display on both pages. You don’t have to crop it! (Just change one parameter in XML file.),
• video support (FLV play back), livebox for video playback included,
• content page – format your content from XML file with CSS!
• page number,
• SWF resize (enable / disable) -The SWF will be sized to fit the page or will be centered on the page,
• full screen option,
• zoom option – You can disable the zoom for each book separately. Also you can provide bigger images to be loaded when user zooms the page,
• double click to zoom,
• contact form with social icons,
• slide show with dynamic delay,
• drag function for each book’s corners,
• full book preview – easily go through all pages,
• sizable content page and table of content – you can set this parameter in the XML. The content will be stretched to fit the page,
• size to fit background – The background image will fit the screen to fill it,
• improved see all pages panel with a scroll bar,
• All of the control buttons in upper panel are XML driven PNGs,
• SWF and image support,
• cool tool tips and alerts,
• unlimited pages and categories,
• selected pages printing,
• downloading a flip book as a PDF option. You can prepare the PDF by your self and link it to the download PDF button or turn on the automatic PDF generation. That way the user can choose the pages to see in the PDF,
• aesthetic transparent design,
• creative icons,
• advanced shading,
• smooth transitions and animations,
• classy pre loading,
• ActionScript 3.0,
• detailed help file with images included.

If you have any question’s or suggestions please send me an email.

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