Paul,
>There appears to be 3 different commands offering "similar" functionality
>
>Go to Movie
This starts another movie running--very simple.
>open
Nope--I generally use this to open another program. For example, if I want
to include a PowerPoint presentation, I would use "open with" to open the
presentation with the PowerPoint viewer.
>play movie whichMovie
Maybe. There's an important difference between this and Go To Movie. Play
Movie will return to your menu program, same frame, when it's done (you
issue a play Done command.)
You can go either way, really. You could do something like this:
[Menu Program]
on mouseUp
go to movie "Movie 1"
end
[Movie 1]
on stopMovie
go to movie "Menu"
end
OR you could do this:
[Menu]
on mouseUp
play movie "movie 1"
end
[Movie 1]
on someEvent
play done --automatically returns to menu
end
In answer to your other question, I would use a protected movie. VERY VERY
IMPORTANT: Back up your source files first. Once you protect a movie,
there's no getting it back.
A subtle point--whether you use play or go to, just give the movie name
without the extension. IOW, go to movie "Movie 1", not go to movie "Movie
1.dxr".
HTH
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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