BB FlashBack can export your movie to an executable file that runs under most versions of Microsoft Windows. To view it, all a user need do is run the file from Windows Explorer, and the movie will open and play automatically.
The user has access to playback controls similar to those in BB FlashBack player and Flash exports, to allow them to jump to any point in the movie, pause and restart playback.
How to export a movie to standalone EXE:
On the Player main menu,
select the Export to Standalone exe
item on the File menu.
Or
Click the Export button on
the File toolbar and select Standalone
EXE format.
On the dialog that appears, set options for:
The initial size of the movie player.
The toolbar visibility. The toolbar is the set of controls that lets the user stop, pause, continue playback and jump to any point in the movie. You may want to hide this. However, the user can still see the toolbar by right clicking on the movie and selecting 'Show Toolbar'.
The movie menu visibility. Similar to the toolbar, the movie menu lets the user control playback of the movie.
Cache settings. See the 'cache settings' section below.
The autoscroll function. The autoscroll function ensures that the mouse cursor is always visible, even if the movie is played back in a window smaller than the movie size.
Ok the options and then provide a file name for the movie to be exported to.
The saved EXE can be zipped and sent to users that do not have an installation of BB FlashBack.
Cache Settings
When a user runs the exported EXE and tries to jump to any point in the movie, there is often a small delay while the movie player 'winds forward' to that point and draws the frame. This delay can be reduced by changing the cache setting.
Increase the cache size to enable the movie player to jump to random points in the movie more quickly. The drawback to increasing the cache size is that a larger cache uses more memory on the user's PC. Only increase the cache size from the default of 'minimum' if you believe that users are likely to move around the movie by clicking on the 'timeline' frequently and the movie is quite large (more than 10 minutes).
Select a cache size option in the 'cache' tab of the EXE export dialog.