Problem: How to automatically click a Hotspot?

[Skatgott]

Hello,

i like to start 2 or more Flashvideos when the frame is loaded. The problem is that i can only enter 1 flashvideo within the frame properties.
Maybe my problem can be solved by entering 2 or more flashvideos?

I have the idea to use hotspots for playing the flashvideos. How can I setup the hotspot to be automatically clicked after the frame is loaded?BEcause the video only starts after the hotspot is clickes by the end user?


I need the flashvideos to animate small portions of the background picture. I tried animated .gifs too, but I like .swf (flashvideos) more.


Thank you in advance

Adrian

[Candle]

I look around to see if I could find something on it and I didn't.
So unless maybe Shadow drops by you will have to wait till GM gets back as he is out of town right now.
And won't be back till after January 13.

[Mystery]

I have taken a look at the Flash Plugin and tried out things, but I haven't been able to do it yet. I get a "Wrong number of arguments or property assignment not valid" message. Sigh.

So unless a miracle happens and I get it to work, you really have to wait for ShadowHunter or GM

[Candle]

Might convert them to avi and do it that way.

[Skatgott]

Thanks for your attention.

By converting a gif, jpgs or a .swf to avi the quality drops significally(with my set of programs). I am very happy with the quality of the .swf files.
My problem is more or less not a flash movie problem, it is a programming question of how to start "update" a hotspot without clicking on it.

I can wait:)

Adrian

[cpkspikyhair]

All I can think of is, if you know the length of your first .SWF file, have one on on a frame and one on another, and have the first frame change to the second frame a tad after the first .SWF file ends.

[GM-Support]

Hi,

Without scripting it is not possible to launch multiple Flash movies at once.

However, you can do that with some very simple scripting.

First, enable the Flash Plugin from the "Plugins" tab of the Project Properties window.

Then, put the following code on the "Advanced" tab of the Frame Properties of the frame on which you want to display the Flash movie(s):

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PlayFlashMovieVER11 FileName, Left, Top, Width, Height, CloseAtTheEnd, ExecuteVBSCodeAtEnd, VBSCodeToExecute

where:
- "FileName" is the name of the file, which must be located inside the "External" subfolder of your project folder.
- "Left", "Top", "Width", and "Height" are strings containing the Flash movie position and size in pixels.
- "CloseAtTheEnd" is a STRING equal to "True" or "False" depending on whether you want to the movie to automatically close when it has finished or remain open.
- "ExecuteVBSCodeAtEnd" is a STRING equal to "True" or "False" depending on whether you want to have some VBScript code executed when the movie has finished playing.
- "VBSCodeToExecute" is a STRING with the code to execute, in case ExecuteVBSCodeAtEnd = "True".


Here is an example:

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PlayFlashMovieVER11 "MyMovie.swf", "0", "0", "640", "480", "True", "False", ""

Call the method multiple times to launch several movies at once. Here is an example:

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PlayFlashMovieVER11 "MyMovie1.swf", "0", "0", "100", "120", "True", "False", ""
PlayFlashMovieVER11 "MyMovie2.swf", "120", "0", "50", "70", "True", "False", ""

For the advanced users: you can have a look at how the Flash plugin work by clicking "Create/Modify plugins" from the Adventure Maker main menu, then selecting the plugin, and then clicking "Edit selected plugin".


GM-Support

[Skatgott]

Thank YOu!

It works!!