We have decided to convert our popular SDK to an API based PPT to Flash Web service, for developers on authorSTREAM, our online PowerPoint sharing platform. The idea is to provide you numerous added benefits with an API to get your PowerPoint files converted to Flash, which can be accessed from your products! One of the favorite uses of the API, which we often get queries for, is e-learning.

Here are the benefits of having your PowerPoint files converted through authorSTREAM's API instead of the PowerPoint to Flash SDK, which was available before:

• You do not need to worry about updates to the SDK anymore; updates will be managed on our servers. Any new feature that we add to the SDK will be available to you, without any need to download the update at your end.
• Integration with your applications with easy licensing. Unlike the SDK, the authorSTREAM API will have simpler licensing terms as you do not need to distribute SDK components with your application.
• Access to features on authorSTREAM other than Flash conversion only. E.g. your PowerPoint files will also get converted to videos-the same as we do for PowerPoint files directly uploaded to authorSTREAM.

So the Web-based API service at authorSTREAM will work much better for all these (and many other reasons) and what's more, you still get to retain PowerPoint features like animations, narrations and transition sounds in the Flash output.

Get a developer's API key right away here: authorSTREAM API