{"id":771,"date":"2008-12-09T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelwit.com\/blog\/?p=771"},"modified":"2011-06-11T10:58:12","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T15:58:12","slug":"open-pageflip-to-other-pages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pixelwit.com\/blog\/page-flip\/open-pageflip-to-other-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Open PageFlip to Other Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several people have asked how to start the Flash PageFlip SWF with the book initially displaying some page other than the first. Fortunately this is a pretty easy task to accomplish.<\/p>\n

Follow the tutorial appropriate for whichever version of the PageFlip you’re using.<\/p>\n

Free PageFlip:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Get the Free Flash PageFlip File<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Open the file.<\/li>\n
  3. Open the Library panel.<\/li>\n
  4. Open the Book folder.<\/li>\n
  5. Double-click the icon of the Bound Pages clip to begin editing the Bound Pages clip.<\/li>\n
  6. Select the first frame of the Bound Pages clip’s Actions layer.<\/li>\n
  7. Open the Actions Panel.<\/li>\n
  8. Go to line #27 and change the curPage variable to “2.5”. (“2.5” shows pages 2 and 3, “4.5” shows pages 4 and 5, etc.)<\/li>\n
  9. Scroll down to the bottom of the actions panel and paste the following code at the very end of the file:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \/\/<\/span>
    \n\/\/ Force Book to update.<\/span>
    \nstartFlip(<\/span>-1<\/span>)<\/span>;
    \nflipRelease(<\/span>)<\/span>;
    \n\/\/ <\/span>
    \n\/\/<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n

    Improved PageFlip:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Get the Improved Flash PageFlip File<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    2. Open the file.<\/li>\n
    3. Select the first occupied frame of the Pages layer (frame #5).<\/li>\n
    4. Drag the selected frame a few frames to the right. This makes sure the pages are loaded before the book is shown in its open state.<\/li>\n
    5. Open the Library panel.<\/li>\n
    6. Open the Book folder.<\/li>\n
    7. Double-click the icon of the Bound Pages clip to begin editing the Bound Pages clip.<\/li>\n
    8. Select the first frame of the Bound Pages clip’s Actions layer.<\/li>\n
    9. Open the Actions Panel.<\/li>\n
    10. Go to line #33 and change “this.CP = .5” to “this.CP = 2.5”. (“2.5” shows pages 2 and 3, “4.5” shows pages 4 and 5, etc.)<\/li>\n
    11. Go to line #32 and change “this.ENP = 2.5″ to this.ENP = 4.5”. (ENP needs to be set to 2 more than CP) <\/li>\n
    12. Publish the file to see the changes. (Menu\u00bbControl\u00bbTestMovie)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If you get an error saying “A with action failed…” then you need to make sure the pages you want to display are loaded before<\/strong> the book is placed on the stage. Hope it helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Several people have asked how to start the Flash PageFlip SWF with the book initially displaying some page other than the first. Fortunately this is a pretty easy task to accomplish. Follow the tutorial appropriate for whichever version of the PageFlip you’re using<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-771","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelwit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelwit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelwit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelwit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelwit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelwit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/771\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelwit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelwit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}