OpenURLMovie Function
Opens a movie at the specified URL.
Syntax
result = OpenURLMovie( URL )
Parameters | ||
URL |
URL that specifies the location of the movie. |
Notes
On Windows, the movie is played using the Windows Media Player, Macintosh uses QuickTime and, OpenURLMovie is not supported on Linux.
For QuickTime movies, if the user has QuickTime 4 (or above) installed, OpenURLMovie supports streaming video. QuickTime is not available on Linux.
Example
The following example loads a streaming video and assigns it to the Movie property of a MoviePlayer control:
MoviePlayer1.movie=OpenURLMovie("http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/frida.html")
Note: Apple Computer, Inc. may remove this movie at their discretion. It is included here only to illustrate the function's syntax.
See Also
MoviePlayer control; EditableMovie, Movie classes.