User Guide

590 Chapter 12: Methods

Example

This statement sets the variable myWindow to the window named Collections:

-- Lingo syntax

myWindow = window("Collections")

// JavaScript syntax

var myWindow = window("Collections");

See also

Window

windowPresent()

Usage

-- Lingo syntax

_player.windowPresent(stringWindowName)

// JavaScript syntax

_player.windowPresent(stringWindowName);

Description

Player method; indicates whether the object specified by stringWindowName is running as a

movie in a window (

TRUE) or not (FALSE).

If a window had been opened,

windowPresent() remains TRUE for the window until the window

has been removed from the

windowList property.

The

stringWindowName argument must be the window’s name as it appears in the windowList

property.

Parameters

stringWindowName

Required. A string that specifies the name of the window to test.

Example

This statement tests whether the object myWindow is a movie in a window (MIAW) and then

displays the result in the Message window:

-- Lingo syntax

put(_player.windowPresent(myWindow))

// JavaScript syntax

put(_player.windowPresent(myWindow));