[Xerte] swf won't play

[Gregory P Sweet]

Originally aksed this question on AWARE list but was advised to come over
here.

I simply want to cause the flow to pause until the user clicks a button.

Paul Forwarded me the solution below, and I had arrived at much of it
myself, save the scripting (I was trying to do this without scripting). But
it's a no go. The SWF simply will not play unless autoplay is set to 1, and
of course when autoplay is set to 1, the SWF just starts playing ingoring
the controls I put in.

When I attempted to use the controls (controls = 1) only the first second
or so of the swf play.

Authorware Professional <AWARE at LISTSERV.CC.KULEUVEN.AC.BE> wrote on
03/13/2009 04:48:13 PM:

> I have done something very similar to what you want to do. Here's a
> diagram of the flow I used:
>
> - Page Icon
>    - Graphic icon for placeholder graphic
>    - Text icon for page text
>    - Graphic icon for the movie (with an id of 'st_movie',
> controls=0 and autoplay=0)
>    - Script icon to make movie invisible
>       - script icon contents
>          st_movie.fade('out', .01); // to make movie
> invisible
>    - Interaction icon (I made mine Perpetual so user can replay
> movie)
>       - Button response (with erase=0 and exit=1)
>          - Script icon
>             - script icon contents:
>                st_movie.fade('in', .1); // make
> movie visible
>                st_movie.play(); // play movie
>
> You could also use a Decision icon with the pause property set to 1.
> Flow will pause until the user clicks the mouse. And a Time Limit
> interaction response can be used in place of AW's Wait icon.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Authorware Professional
> [mailto:AWARE at LISTSERV.CC.KULEUVEN.AC.BE]
> > On Behalf Of Gregory P Sweet
> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:13 PM
> > To: AWARE at LISTSERV.CC.KULEUVEN.AC.BE
> > Subject: Learning Xetre
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I've decided it was time to really dig into Xerte and start to learn
> > how to
> > really use it. I have to say though that while the concept seems
> > sraightforward enough I'm a bit lost without a wait icon or erase
> icon.
> >
> > I have a piece where I want a flash demo to play, but not until the
> > user
> > clicks to make it start. I also want a graphic to occupy the space
> > until
> > the user decides to start the piece.
> >
> > If I let the swf autoplay then it just starts playing. If I turn the
> > autoplay off, the place holder graphic displays, but the flow never
> > reaches
> > the swf.  How the heck do you do this in Xerte?
> >
> > -Greg
> >
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