Macromedia Director MX 2004 can play several movies simultaneously by creating windows in which additional movies can play. A movie in a window (MIAW) is a distinct Director movie that retains all its interactivity.
You can use a MIAW to play another movie in a separate window while the main movie plays on the Stage. In addition, movies in windows and the main movie can communicate and interact with each other. This lets you create a variety of interactive features, such as an interactive portfolio, a control panel for a second movie or digital video, or a status display window.
The following list shows the typical workflow for creating and using a movie in a window:
When you create a MIAW, decide how you want it to function. For example, decide how you want to display it, how users should be able to move the window around the screen and dismiss it, and how the window should appear. You can specify the window's size and whether the window is visible, has a frame and title, or is in front of or behind other windows on the screen.
You can create and control movies in windows using behaviors from the Behavior Library or by writing your own scripts.
Macromedia Shockwave does not support MIAWs. Use MIAWs only with movies that you intend to distribute as projectors (see About distribution formats and About projectors). However, you can use script to have Shockwave content target a URL in a browser window (see Jumping to a URL).
Note: You can also open MIAWs in authoring. Drop a .dir or .dcr file in the Xtras folder and the MIAW will appear in the Xtras menu.
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