Using actions to set movie properties

Use the following actions to set movie properties:

Movie Set Volume

Sets the audio volume of the movie. You can set the volume level between 0 (minimum) and 255 (maximum).

Movie Set Rate

Sets the movie's playback speed: 1 at normal speed, 2 at double speed, 0 to stop, -1 or -2 and less to play the movie backward.

Movie Set Looping Flags

Sets the looping mode for movie playback:

• None to play the complete movie once and then stop.
• Loop to play the complete movie from beginning to end repeatedly.
• Loop and Palindrome to play the complete movie forward and then backward repeatedly.

Movie GoTo Time

Jumps to the time you enter in the Movie Time text box.

Movie GoTo Beginning

Jumps to the beginning of the movie.

Movie GoTo End

Jumps to the end of the movie.

Movie Step Forward

Advances the movie one frame at a time.

Movie Step Backward

Rewinds the movie one frame at a time.

Movie Set Selection

Selects part of the movie based on the times you enter in the Start Time and End Time text boxes. Click the Get Current Selection button to start the time range at the point of the current play selection.

Movie Set Play Selection

Enables the Play Selection specified by the Movie Set Selection action. This option lets you toggle Movie Play Selection on and off. To actually play the movie, use the Movie Set Rate action.

Music Play Note

Plays a (MIDI) note with a sound specified in an Instrument Track. (See Using Instrument tracks.)

Set Child Movie URL and Load Child Movie

Use these two actions together. Set Child Movie URL specifies a URL for a movie without loading it, so you don't see any visible effect with this action applied alone. Load Child Movie URL loads the URL you specified with the Set Child Movie URL action, and the result is that the changed content is visible. Use these actions to change a movie track's content while the movie is running, such as when a viewer clicks a sprite.

GoTo URL

Jumps the sprite to the specified URL. (This action is global; that is, it doesn't control the movie playback window.) The Link text box lets you use the Point and Shoot button to specify a Web page in your site window, or you can browse for the target Web page and enter the URL manually. The Target text box and menu are only for an embedded GoTo URL action from within a movie in a Web page.