We have tested our project by clicking the Play button on the Timeline. But we haven't tested it outside of the Catalyst workspace. Let's do that now.
- From the menu, click File – Run Project.
What do you see? Nothing happens! When the test page loads all that we see is the background image and the lower bar. The cards and company name do not slide-in as they should. This is because we need to tell Catalyst to run the animation when the file loads. Don't worry, there isn't any programming needed here. At the right under the Layers panel is the Interactions panel. - Click on the + Add Interaction button. You will see three new buttons.
- Click on the first button called On Application Start to show the drop-down menu list. You will see that we only have one option in our list. So, this will stay set to On Application Start.
- The next button and drop-down menu gives use a choice of actions. We want to play our animation until it reaches the End State. Set this menu to the action called Play Transition to State in the drop-down menu.
- Finally, set the CHOOSE STATE drop-down menu to End. Then, click OK.
Now that we have programmed the animation, let's test our animation again. Click File – Run Animation. Great, it works!
We are ready to publish our header intro as a Flash SWF file. Catalyst does all the work. - Click File – Publish as SWF to open the dialog box. Use the Browse button to select an Output Directory. We don't want to build an AIR app or embed fonts. So, keep the default settings and click Publish.
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