Configuring a Video object
- Create a Video object, as described in “Creating an object.” Make sure the Video object is selected.
- To indicate which movie to play, choose an option from the Video drop down menu:
- To import an AVI or MOV file, choose Others.
- To use a movie that is already used elsewhere in the active project, choose that file’s name.
- To insert a path that refers to an FLV file at runtime (even if that file is not currently available), choose External.
Note: You can link only to FLV files for Video objects if you choose External. To link to an external SWF file, configure the Object Type as SWF. - If you choose External from the Video drop-down menu, the External File Reference dialog box displays.
The External File Reference dialog box enables you to specify the path to a file.
Use one of the following methods to specify a path:
- To reference a file from your local file system, choose File from the Type menu and then specify the path to that file in the Path field. You can either enter the path or click and locate the file.
- To use a file on the Internet, choose URL from the Type menu and then enter the URL of the file in the URL field.
- To reference a file from your local file system using a path created by an expression, choose File Expression from the Type menu and then either enter the expression in the Expr field or click the button to use the Expression Editor dialog box.
- To reference a file on the Internet using a URL created by an expression, choose File Expression from the Type menu and then enter the expression in the Expr field or click the button to use the Expression Editor dialog box.
- To indicate the format into which the movie will be converted on export, choose an option from the Video Type drop-down menu.
- To specify additional settings for the Video object, choose one or more options from the Options drop-down menu:
- To hide the object until it displays using a Show action, choose Initially Hidden.
- To prevent changes from being made to the Movie object until it is enabled with an Enable action, choose Initially Disabled.
- To retain the object’s state when a different presentation page displays, choose Keep Status on Page Entry.
- To make the file play over and over, choose Loop.
- To specify the initial position of the object on the page, choose an option from the Initially at drop-down menu:
- Specify additional options as follows:
Parent topic: Creating interactive building blocks