User Guide

760 Chapter 14: Properties

// JavaScript syntax

function checkExit() {

if ((_key.commandDown) && (_key.key == "." | _key.key == "q") &&

(_movie.exitLock == true)) {

_movie.go("quit sequence");

}

See also

Movie

externalParamCount

Usage

-- Lingo syntax

_player.externalParamCount

// JavaScript syntax

_player.externalParamCount;

Description

Player property; returns the number of parameters that an HTML <EMBED> or <OBJECT> tag

is passing to a movie with Shockwave content. Read-only.

This property is valid only for movies with Shockwave content that are running in a browser. It

doesn’t work for movies during authoring or for projectors.

For more information about the valid external parameters, see

externalParamName() and

externalParamValue().

Example

This handler determines whether an <OBJECT> or <EMBED> tag is passing any external

parameters to a movie with Shockwave content and runs Lingo statements if parameters are

being passed:

-- Lingo syntax

if (_player.externalParamCount > 0) then

-- perform some action

end if

// JavaScript syntax

if (_player.externalParamCount > 0) {

// perform some action;

}