How to position a MIAW before you open it

Question

I'm using Dir 10.1 on winXP. I'm opening a MIAW and want it
to be in the corner of whatever size screen they are using. The
manual says I can position it before opening the MIAW but I find
this does not work and I have to open it first and then move it
(code below for playing a video) Downside is the window flashes up
in the midlle before moving. And ideas how to resolve this?
TIA
Kevin
on playVideo me
window().new ("video")
moviesScreen=getScreenRect()
myR=moviesScreen[3] -- bottom Right
myB=moviesScreen[4] -- Bottom right
if pVideoType=#wide then -- 16:9 aspect ratio
myWidth=800
myHeight=450
myLanguage=gLanguage
window("video").filename = "videoWindowWide"
else -- 4:3 aspect ratio
myWidth=800
myHeight=600
window("video").filename = "videoWindowSquare"
myLanguage=gLanguage
end if
-- move MIAW to bottom right corner of the full screen
myX=myR-myWidth-20
myY=myB-myHeight-35
window("video").open()
window("video").rect=rect(myX, myY ,myX + myWidth, myY +
myHeight)
-- tell MIAW to play relevant video
window("video").movie.playVideo(pVideoFile,spriteNum,myLanguage)
end
-- return the rect of the current screen the movie is running
in
on getScreenRect
st=_movie.stage.rect
mon=_system.deskTopRectList
if mon.count > 1 then -- more than 1 monitor, so find out
which one it's on.
repeat with whichMon = 1 to mon.count
if st[1]>= mon[whichMon][1] and st[1]
<mon[whichMon][3] then
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
if whichMon > mon.count then -- can't find active screen
so defualt to first screen
whichMon=1
end if
else
whichMon=1
end if
return mon[whichMon]
end

Answer 1

Sure,
Just place the QT sprite in the score a few frames before you
need to
use it. This is the method that I use:
1. Reserve the first five sprite channels for digital video
sprites.
2. Place a background sprite in channel 6. This can be as
simple as a
toolbox shape that fills the stage area.
3. Place a dv sprite 3 frames before you want to play it in
the score.
Set the dv member to be not direct to stage, and to be
paused. This will
hide the sprite behind the background sprite in channel 3.
4. If you are jumping to the score space where the dv sprite
is to play
it, then be sure to jump to the frame where the dv sprite
starts.
5. At the frame where you want to show the dv sprite, change
the direct
to stage property to true. This will cause the dv sprite to
burn through
the background and be visible.
6. Place a behavior on the dv sprite that will set its
member's direct
to stage property back to false in an endSprite function.
This will make
the dv sprite disappear and be ready again if it needs to be
played
again.
This method gives the dv member time to start up its player
when the
playback head hits the sprite in the score before it begins
to play.
Rob
Rob Dillon
Adobe Community Expert
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