To access this dialog box: Open a Captivate movie. From the Movie menu, select Preferences. Click the Start and End tab.
Use this dialog box to define how a movie starts and ends.
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.
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.