Use Drag and Drop in a project

Using Drag & Drop in a project

To add a background Wallpaper in a project

1. If you want a Stretched background Wallpaper, select a background in the librarain, press SHIFT (keep pressed) then drag /drop to the Screen Saver Document window.

2. If you want a Tiled background Wallpaper, select a background in the librarian, press SHIFT+CTRL (keep pressed) then drag /drop to the Screen Saver Document window.

To add sprites or slides in a project

1. Select a sprite/slide in the librarian, then drag and drop to the Screen Saver document window.

Notes

When you add sprites by using drag and drop from the librarian, the application automatically sets the sprite background to transparent. The upper left pixel color is used to determine the transparent color except for the JPEG, JPG files (the background is opaque).
If you want to keep the sprite background opaque when you add sprite, select the sprite, keep CTRL pressed then drag and drop to the Screen Saver Document window.

To copy sprites in a project

1. Click on the Stop Animation button in the toolbar (you cannot copy sprites if the screen saver is playing).

2. Select the sprite and press CTRL (keep pressed) then use Drag & Drop to move it in the screen saver area.

To move sprites in a project

1. Click on the Stop Animation button in the toolbar (you cannot move sprites if the screen saver is playing).

2. Select the sprite and then use Drag and Drop to move it in the screen saver area.

To add a background Music using Drag and Drop

1. Go to the librarian, expand Media Files and select the Music folder.

2. Select a music file then drag and drop to the Screen Saver Document window.

3. The name of the selected music file displays in the area "Music Pathname" in the Dialog box "Background Music". Click OK.

Add a video clip or animation using Drag & Drop

1. Go to the librarian, Expand Media Files and select the Animation or Movies folder.

2. Select a music file then drag and drop to the Screen Saver Document window.

3. The name of the Video/animation file displays in the area "Video Clip Pathname" in the Dialog box "Video clip properties". Click YES.

Notes

When you add a FLI-FLC Animation to Project using drag and drop, you can choose to add it as a sprite or as an independant window.( like clips videos).
If you choose the "Convert the Animation into Sprite" the animation will be converted into a sprite with transparency. This is not recommended for larges files.
If you choose the "Add animation as an independant window", the animation will be embedded in the screen saver as an independant window. The animation can be played once before the screen saver starts or forever with sprites playing in background.