A sprite is a functional element such as a 3D object, a Macromedia Flash animation, an HTML browser window, or a pop-up menu. Sprite Xtra extensions make it possible to incorporate such sprites into an Authorware piece.
When you place a sprite Xtra file in the Xtras folder and then start Authorware, the Xtra file adds a command to the Insert menu. For example, the QuickDraw 3D Xtra adds the command ThreeD to the Insert menu.
Remember that an Xtra file can contain more than one Xtra extension. So the command the Xtra adds to the Insert menu has a submenu that lists all the Xtra extensions in the Xtra file.
To incorporate a sprite into an Authorware piece, position the Paste Hand on the flowline where you want the sprite to appear, then select the Xtra extension you want from the submenu it's on. Authorware inserts a sprite icon on the flowline. (Some Xtra extensions first display a dialog box that lets you select the sprite you want.) When you run the piece, the sprite appears in the Presentation window.
Like all icons, sprite icons have properties that you can set in the icon's Properties dialog box.
The general properties of a sprite icon--which all sprite icons share--are similar to those of a display icon: where it's positioned in the Presentation window, whether users can move it, the transition you've applied to it, and so on. For more information about the general properties of a sprite icon, see Sprite properties.
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