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Controlling the Flash Player

You use the FSCommand action to control the Flash stand-alone player.

You can also use this action to send messages to the application hosting the Flash Player—for example, JavaScript in a Web browser, Director, Visual Basic, Visual C++, and other programs that can host ActiveX controls. For more information about sending messages to other applications using the FSCommand, see the related topic in ActionScript Help.

To control a movie playing as a projector:

1 Select the frame, button instance, or movie clip instance to which you will assign the action.
2 Choose Window > Actions to display the Actions panel.
3 In the Toolbox list, click the Basic Actions category to display the basic actions, and select FSCommand action.
4 In the Parameters pane, choose an option to control the stand-alone player from the Commands for Standalone Player pop-up menu:
Choose Quit to close the movie projector.
Choose Exec to start running an application from within the projector. In the Arguments text box, enter the path to the application.
Choose Fullscreen [True/False] to control the projector view. In the Arguments text box, enter True for a full-screen view, or False for a normal view.
Choose Allowscale [True/False] to control scaling of the movie. In the Arguments text box, enter True to scale the animation with the player, or enter False to display animation without scaling.
Choose Showmenu [True/False] to control pop-up menu items. In the Arguments text box, enter True to display the full set of right-click menu items, or False to hide the menu bar.
You can also type the options in the Commands or Arguments text boxes, or enter them as expressions. For more information, see ActionScript Help.