Swf video controls

I have a swf video file that I put on a page on my website. I
was wondering how I would assign play and stop buttons to it,
instead of having the movie autoplay and loop.
I am a newbie, so sorry if this is obvious.

crjhunter wrote:
> I have a swf video file that I put on a page on my
website. I was wondering how
> I would assign play and stop buttons to it, instead of
having the movie
> autoplay and loop.
>
> I am a newbie, so sorry if this is obvious.
Well, SWF video is timeline based video so using basic
play(); stop(); action
targeting the main timeline will do just fine. Tho, if you
are loading it in leve
or movie clip holder than adjust the action accordingly.
If MC Holder:
mcHolder.stop(); mcHolder.play();
if in level3 (example):
_level3.stop(); _level3.play();
Best Regards
Urami
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