MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR - Setting the window size and location for a MIAW

412 Chapter 18: Movies in a Window
Setting the window size and location for a MIAW
Setting the screen coordinates for a MIAW lets you control the size of the window and where it
appears. Setting the coordinates before the movie appears controls the initial position of the
window; setting them after the window appears moves the window.
About rect, drawRect, and stageRect
There are three rect values of concern: rect, drawRect and sourceRect. All three properties are
available off of the stage or the window:
_movie.stage.rect
_movie.stage.drawRect
_movie.stage.sourceRect
window("stage").rect
window("stage").drawRect
window("stage").sourceRect
sourceRect
: This is a property of the movie's stage, it indicates the "template" rect position at
which the stage should appear; therefore, when a window is opened that is to display a particular
movie, that movie's sourceRect is used to determine the window's initial position on the user's
monitor.
Note: The window's sourceRect property is inherited from the movie that it contains
rect
: This is a property of the window playing a particular movie and it indicates the current rect
coordinates of the window on the user's monitor; this property gets its initial value (when the
window is created) from the window's/movie's sourceRect property
Note: The movie's stage.rect property is inherited from the window that it is playing in.
drawRect - this is a window property that indicates the rect area within the window into which
the playing movie is to be drawn; this property is initially set to rect(0,0,w,h) where w and h are
the width and height of the window (by default we fill the window with the movie)
Note: The movie's stage.drawRect property is inherited.
To specify the screen coordinates for a MIAW:
Set the rect property to the coordinates of the location where you want the window to appear.
• Define the coordinates as a rectangle in this order: left, top, right, and bottom, as shown in the
following statement:
window("Sample").rect = rect(0, 0, 200, 300)
For your convenience, assign the coordinates to a variable and use the variable in your script
statements.
For more information, see the Scripting Reference topics in the Director Help Panel.