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Adding Visualizations

You can add a visualization window the same way you added a video window. The same skin can be used, but an EFFECTS element is used.

First you must add the EFFECTS element and give it an ID and size:

       <EFFECTS
            id = "myeffects"
            top = "25"
            left = "88"
            width = "180"
            height = "150"/>

Then you can assign the two buttons a previous and next visualization code string:

        <BUTTONELEMENT
            mappingColor = "#00FF00"
            upToolTip = "Next"
            onClick = "JScript:myeffects.next(); " />
                          
        <BUTTONELEMENT
            mappingColor = "#FF0000"
            upToolTip = "Previous"
            onClick = "JScript:myeffects.previous(); " />

The layers and bitmaps were the same ones used in the video example, except that the play arrow was copied and flipped horizontally.

Finally, a simple PLAYER element with the URL attribute was added to choose a song to play.

      <PLAYER
          URL = "file:..\\media\\mellow.wma">
      </PLAYER>

You can see a similar working visualization skin in the sample section of the SDK.

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