Using Director > Movies in a Window > Opening and closing a MIAW

 

Opening and closing a MIAW

 
Use the commands in this section to open and close movies in windows. Opening a MIAW

To open a MIAW, use the open window command. See open window.

Unless Lingo explicitly preloads the movie, Director doesn't load the movie into memory until the window is first opened, which can cause a noticeable pause. To load the first frame of the movie, use preLoadMovie.

You can specify other window characteristics before or after you open the window.

 
Closing a MIAW

You can close the window for a MIAW but leave the movie in memory, or you can close the MIAW and remove the movie from memory when it's no longer in use.

If you leave a MIAW in memory, you'll get better performance if the window is reopened; however, the movie still takes up space in memory. You may want to use this option if you expect a MIAW to be reopened after it initially runs, or if other windows or global variables refer to the MIAW.

If you remove a MIAW from memory, performance will slow down if the window is reopened, because the movie has to reload; however, memory is freed up until the movie is reloaded. You may want to use this option if you don't expect a MIAW to be reopened after it initially runs, or if you want to optimize memory on the computer running the MIAW.

To close a MIAW but keep it in memory:

Use the close window command. After the window is closed, the window becomes invisible, but the movie continues playing. See close window.

To close a MIAW and remove it from memory:

Use the forget window command. The window is closed and the movie is removed from memory. Use this command only if no other window or global variables still refer to the MIAW. See forget window.