Movie preferences dialog box - Start and End tab

Use this dialog box to define how a movie starts and ends.

Movie start options

Loading screen: Select this option to display a loading screen at the beginning of the movie. A loading screen may be useful if the first slide of the movie is large or contains audio and takes a few moments to appear. Click More to select an image.

Note: Captivate includes several loading screen images you can use, or you can create a custom image. To make a custom image available as a loading screen option, use Windows Explorer to copy and paste the image into the following folder: Program files\Captivate\preloaders. The image must be in BMP file format.

Password protect movie: Select this option to establish a password that users must enter before being allowed to view the movie. Click More to set password options.

Movie expiration date: Select this option to set a date for the movie to expire. When a movie expires, it can no longer be viewed and the playback controls do not appear.

Message line 1: This option lets you write an expiration message. The message appears if the movie has reached its expiration date (set above) and a user tries to view the movie.

Message line 2: This option allows you to add a second line of text to the expiration message, if necessary.

Movie end options

Action: From the pop-up menu, select an action to take place at the end of the movie.

OK: Click to accept choices made in this dialog box.