Is is possible to inbed a .swf (Shockwave Flash Object) file into a pdf document?

[Former Community Member]

Is is possible to inbed a .swf (Shockwave Flash Object) file into a PDF document?  I would like to insert the file into the PDF so that once the PDF is downloaded the .swf file will automatically play within the PDF.

[Former Community Member]

Yes. See http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/pro/using/WS65B80E79-F165-44f0-BBCA-0F142A758696.html

Steve

[Former Community Member]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your quick response but I would like to do this within Adobe Life Cycle Designer ES2.

Do you have an idea how I can go about this?

Thanks

Joey

[Former Community Member]

In the latest version of Acrobat the grammer was added to allow embedding a swf file. Unfortunately the Designer (the tools for getting the swf in there) lags behind and will be there in a future release. So if you really want this you must do it by hand and it will only work in Acrobat/Reader 10.

Here is a blog entry that describes how to do it:

http://blogs.adobe.com/formfeed/2010/12/flash-in-xfa-sample-column-chart.html

Paul

[Former Community Member]

Thanks Paul!

Any idea when the next version of Designer will be released where I will be able

to add multimedia files directly?

Thanks

Joey

[Former Community Member]

I cannot comment on that ......

Paul

[Former Community Member]

Thanks none the less:)