User Guide

932 Chapter 14: Properties
posterFrame
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
memberObjRef.posterFrame
// JavaScript syntax
memberObjRef.posterFrame;
Description
Flash cast member property; controls which frame of a Flash movie cast member is used for its
thumbnail image. This property specifies an integer corresponding to a frame number in the
Flash movie.
This property can be tested and set. The default value is 1.
Example
This handler accepts a reference to a Flash movie cast member and a frame number as parameters,
and it then sets the thumbnail of the specified movie to the specified frame number:
-- Lingo syntax
on resetThumbnail(whichFlashMovie, whichFrame)
member(whichFlashMovie).posterFrame = whichFrame
end
// JavaScript syntax
function resetThumbnail(whichFlashMovie, whichFrame) {
member(whichFlashMovie).posterFrame = whichFrame;
}
preferred3dRenderer
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
_movie.preferred3dRenderer
// JavaScript syntax
_movie.preferred3dRenderer;
Description
Movie property; allows you to get or set the default renderer used to draw 3D sprites within a
particular movie if that renderer is available on the client machine. Read/write.
If the specified renderer is not available on the client machine, the movie selects the most suitable
available renderer.
The possible values for this property are as follows:
• #openGL specifies the openGL drivers for a hardware acceleration that work with both
Macintosh and Windows platforms.
• #directX7_0 specifies the DirectX 7 drivers for hardware acceleration that work only with
Windows platforms.
• #directX5_2 specifies the DirectX 5.2 drivers for hardware acceleration that work only with
Windows platforms.