April 2006
Beginner
544 pages
14h 51m
English
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10.2. Preventing the Movie from Looping
Problem
You want to prevent a movie from looping back to the beginning when it reaches the last frame.
Solution
Add a stop( ) action to a keyframe in the final frame, or set the HTML loop parameter/attribute to false.
Discussion
You can prevent a movie from looping by using a stop( ) action or by using HTML attributes to control the movie.
To use a stop( ) action, complete the following steps:
If you haven’t already done so, add a layer for your ActionScript code to the timeline. Give the layer a label of Actions.
Insert a keyframe in the Actions layer at the final frame within the timeline. To add a keyframe, choose Insert → Keyframe, or press F6.
Select the keyframe that you just added, and open the Actions panel by pressing F9.
Add the stop( ) action by typing it into the Script pane.
To use HTML to prevent looping, create/change the loop parameter in the <object> tag, so that its value is false (e.g., <param name="loop" value="false">). Likewise, set the <embed> tag’s loop attribute to false. As noted in Recipe 10.1, generally, using a stop( ) action is preferred over relying on HTML attributes.
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