Defining play movie buttons

Use the following procedure to place a play movie button in your model and to assign a QuickTime movie file (.MOV) to it.

For more information about the types of buttons you can add to your model, see Overview: Buttons.

Notes: In order for model users to play movies assigned to a play movie button, they must have QuickTime installed on their computer.

We recommend that you store all files associated with Play Movie buttons in a folder named "Movies", in the same folder as your model file. This helps ensure that your model and its associated files will be easily transportable from your machine to the machines of your clients and colleagues, or when publishing to the web.

To define a play movie button

1. On the Interface, Map, or Model layer toolbar, click and hold the Information button tool and then select the Play Movie button tool .

   Tip: You can specify the button type in the Button dialog box, regardless of the type you select to place in this step, by selecting the type you want under "Button Purpose" and then clicking the appropriate button to define the type you selected. You can also change the button's type by right-clicking it, selecting Change To, and then selecting the button type.
   

2. Click the diagram to place the button.

   The Button dialog box opens and the Open Movie File dialog box opens on top of that.

3. Navigate to and then select the QuickTime movie file (.MOV) that you want to assign to the button.

4. Click OK.

   The name of the selected movie appears in the Button dialog box.

5. Use the options at the bottom of the Button dialog box to change the appearance of the button.
6. When you are finished defining the button, click OK to close the Button dialog box.

To delete or change the assigned movie

1. Open the Button dialog box for the Play Movie button.
2. Click the Delete Movie button next to the Play Movie option.
3. To assign a different movie, click the Assign Movie button and follow steps 3 - 6, above.

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