## 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.

- Stop movie: This option stops the movie at the end of playback. The movie is not repeated.

- Loop movie: This option continuously replays the movie. (When the end is reached, the movie restarts.)

- Close movie: This option closes the browser window at the end of the movie.

- Open URL or file: This option specifies a URL or file to load at the end of the movie.

- To load a URL, type in the full path to a website (for example, http://www.website.com). Click the drop-down arrow to select the window in which the URL should appear; choose from Current, New, Parent, and Top.

- To load a file, click More , browse to the file, select the file, and click Open. Click the drop-down arrow to select the window in which the file should appear; choose from Current, New, Parent, and Top.

- Execute JavaScript: Select this option to execute a specific piece of JavaScript code. Click More to browse to the JavaScript file.

- Open other movie: Select this option to open another movie at the end of the current movie. Click More , browse to the movie file (RD file), select the file, and click Open. Click the drop-down arrow to select the window in which the file should appear; choose from Current, New, Parent, and Top.

- Send e-mail to: Select this option to open the default e-mail browser and send an e-mail message at the end of the movie. Type the full e-mail address (for example, jdoe@companyzyx.com).

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