Thanks. I will post to the JavaScript forum.
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I have a pretty simple movie that I want to "click to play" instead of using the autoplay param.
Is there any easy way to set one of the frames as the image that loads so that I don't simply have the black "square" with the controls at the bottom when the page loads???
document.write('<object bgcolor="#000000" classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C
document.write('<param name="src" value="http://www.communiq
document.write('<param name="autoplay" value="false">')
document.write('<param name="controller" value="true">')
document.write('<embed src="http://www.communique
Thanks!
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by: RouchiePosted on 2008-08-07 at 03:49:20ID: 22179608
This needs to be done in Flash with the first frame set up as the play trigger.
The alternative is to place an image placeholder where the movie should be, then use javascript to swap the image with the Flash movie when it is clicked. This solution would be pretty javascript-intensive so I would recommend posting this into that topic area and see what feedback you get.