User Guide

Media components (Flash Professional only) 513

Description

Property; a string value that specifies the state the MediaController component should be in when

it is loaded at runtime. A value of

"play" indicates a play state; a value of "pause" indicates a

paused state. Set this property and the

autoPlay property such that both indicate the same state.

The default value is

"play".

The button image displayed in the MediaController component is the opposite of the current

play/pause state. For example, in the play state, the MediaController displays a pause button,

because that is what would result from the user clicking the button and toggling the state.

Since it indicates the state that the controller will be in when it is loaded, the

activePlayControl property must be set before the controller is created, either through the

Property inspector or the Component inspector, if the component is on the Stage. If the

component is being created by ActionScript code, this property must be set in the

initObj

parameter. Changing the value of this property after the component has been created has no

effect. The value can be changed only by the user clicking the Play/Pause button.

Example

The following example indicates that the control will be paused when first loaded:

myMedia.activePlayControl = "pause";