MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual page 350

The parameter
overlayChildren
the parent screen during playback. When
overlay one another. For example, suppose you have two children, Child 1 and Child 2,
which are bullet points on the parent screen. If the user clicks a Next button and displays
Child 1, then clicks Next again and displays Child 2, Child 1 remains visible when Child
2 appears. When
removed from the display when Child 2 appears. This parameter affects only the
immediate children of a slide, not nested descendants.
The parameter
playHidden
being shown. When
play when the slide is hidden after being shown. When
slide stops playing if it is hidden, and resumes playing at Frame 1 if it is shown again.
There is one parameter that is available only to form screens: The parameter
indicates whether a screen is visible or hidden at runtime. When
screen is visible at runtime. When
property does not affect the visibility of the screen in the authoring environment.
The following parameters are available for slide and form screens:
The parameter
autoload
or wait to load until the
. This parameter is inherited from the Loader component.
true
The parameter
contentPath
when the
Loader.load()
loading the content. The URL must be in the same subdomain as the URL where the
Flash content currently resides. For use in Flash Player or with the Test Movie command,
all SWF files must be stored in the same folder, and the filenames cannot include folder or
disk drive specifications. The default value is undefined until the load starts. This
parameter is inherited from the Loader component.
To specify parameter settings for a screen:
1. Select a screen in the Screen Outline pane.
2.
Select Window > Properties.
3.
In the Property inspector, click the Parameters tab.
4.
Click the setting for a parameter, and select a setting from the pop-up menu.
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specifies whether child screens overlay one another on
is set to
overlayChildren
specifies whether a slide continues to play if it is hidden after
is set to
playHidden
visible
indicates whether the content should load automatically (
Loader.load()
is an absolute or relative URL indicating the file to load
method is called. A relative path must point to the SWF file
overlayChildren
(the default setting), Child 1 is
false
(the default setting), the slide continues to
true
playHidden
is set to , the screen is hidden. This
false
method is called (
false
is set to , child screens
true
is set to
false
visible
is set to
visible true
). The default value is
, the
, the
),
true