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Friday, 4 October 2013

Xcelsius Dashboard : Steps to Integrate Flash/SWF file to Excel

Below are the 8 steps that you can follow to embed  Xcelsius Dashboard SWF file to excel:-


  1. Open the Control Toolbox by clicking on View>Toolbars>Control Toolbox.
  2. In the control toolbars menu, you have an icon called More Controls.
  3. Scroll down and click on the menu item called Shockwave Flash Object. This will insert a container where you will load and resize your SWF.
  4. Right click on this container and click on the menu item: Properties.
  5. Set the following properties
    Autoload = True
    EmbedMovie = True
    Enabled = True
    Loop = True
    Playing = True
    Visible = True
    Movie = c:\flash.swf (Change this to the Location of your .swf file) or any relative path
  6. Before embedding the SWF you want to make sure that the path you entered worked. Click OK to temporarly exit the properties popup window.
  7. Resize your container and your SWF should load inside.
  8. To activate your SWF, Go Back in your Control Toolbox, ,You will need to click on it to Exit Design mode, and now you can use your SWF.

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