[Xerte] Problems setting autoPlay from script - Desktop Xerte 2

[Mary Ann Ahearn]

Thanks I'll give onMovieReady a try.  I also thought autoPlay was boolean
but we were trying to get a flash swf to loop and found that entering a 2 in
the properties panel worked.

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Paul Swanson <Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com>wrote:

>  I thought autoPlay was Boolean (true or false), so the values should be
> either 1 or 0. If that doesn’t work, try using the onMovieReady event
> instead of onLoad. You might be running into an instance where the movie
> isn’t ready for playback, even though it is loaded.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Mary Ann Ahearn
> *Sent:* Monday, October 04, 2010 2:38 PM
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Problems setting autoPlay from script - Desktop Xerte 2
>
>
>
> I'm totally stuck and sure I'm doing something really stupid.
>
> Setting the autoPlay property of a swf in its onLoad event with the
> following code:
>
>  if (looping == true) {
>     graphic.autoPlay = 2;
> } else {
>     graphic.autoPlay = 1;
> }
> debug(graphic.autoPlay);
>
>   "Looping" is set when the page begins (this is a modification to the swf
> template).  The debug statement gives the value expected, but the behavior
> of the swf just ignores it.  It seems to be completely controlled by the
> value set by hand in the properties panel.
>
> Any suggestions would be most welcome.
>
> Thanks!
> ma
>
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