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• BrowserPlugin—The movie is running as a Shockwave plug-in or other scripting environment,
such as LiveConnect or ActiveX.
• Java Applet—The movie is playing back as a Java applet.
The safest way to test for particular values in this property is to use the
contains operator. This
helps avoid errors and allows partial matches.
Example
This statement determines whether or not external parameters are available and obtains them if
they are:
if the runMode contains "Plugin" then
-- decode the embed parameter
if externalParamName(swURL) = swURL then
put externalParamValue(swURL) into myVariable
end if
end if
See also
environment, platform
on runPropertyDialog
Syntax
on runPropertyDialog me, currentInitializerList
statement(s)
end
Description
System message and event handler; contains Lingo that defines specific values for a behavior’s
parameters in the Parameters dialog box. The
runPropertyDialog message is sent whenever
the behavior is attached to a sprite, or when the user changes the initial property values of a
sprite’s behavior.
The current settings for a behavior’s initial properties are passed to the handler as a property list. If
the
on runPropertyDialog handler is not defined within the behavior, Director runs a behavior
customization dialog box based on the property list returned by the
on
getPropertyDescriptionList
handler.
Example
The following handler overrides the behavior’s values set in the Parameters dialog box for the
behavior. New values are contained in the list
currentInitializerList. Normally, the Parameters
dialog box allows the user to set the mass and gravitational constants. However, this handler
assigns these parameters constant values without displaying a dialog box:
property mass
property gravitationalConstant
on runPropertyDialog me, currentInitializerList
--force mass to 10
setaProp currentInitializerList, #mass, 10
-- force gravitationalConstant to 9.8
setaProp currentInitializerList, #gravitationalConstant, 9.8
return currentInitializerList
end
See also
on getBehaviorDescription, on getPropertyDescriptionList