How to make imported video play on click?

Question

We have imported our video into flash cs4 (we are using presentation mode to mimic a powerpoint presentation), we have gone into the component inspector and altered it so it doesn't autoplay. When it is on autoplay, it plays the audio throughout the entire  presentation. We want the video to start on click (hit the spacebar or return or anything) but we cannot figure out how. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

The easiest thing to do is to create a skin (the bar with play, stop, etc.) for your video.  And, when you are in Flash, there is an icon you can click on (with 3 shapes) that brings up a menu bar.  The piece of information you want states: "autoplay: true".  You should be able to click on this and change the setting to: "autoplay: false".  After publishing and saving, remember to upload your Scripts folder, original swf file and "skins" swf file......and, all to the same directory (listing of web files); ie. don't let your skins swf be in a different folder than your original swf, etc. 
If you use this process, you don't have to do any code editing in as (actionscript; as2 and as3 reference various versions of the actionscript language). 
If you want to avoid any as editing, you'll have to create a skin.  A button that appears on the first frame to play a clip, then is hidden after the clip begins would involve AS code editing.
If you're trying to hide the video, then show "onclick", you'll have to select an image or text, navigate to the insert "spry>spry tooltip" and replace the "Insert Spry Tooltip Content" text with your swf file (drag/drop).