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Controlling the appearance of a MIAW

You can use Lingo commands and properties to control whether a window is visible, is in front of or behind other windows, and has a title.

To specify whether the window is visible:

Set the window's visible window property. To avoid a potential time lag when the window opens, use preLoadMovie to preload the movie before it's needed and then open the window when it needs to be visible. See visible (window property).

To control whether a movie appears in front of or behind other windows:

Use the moveToFront and moveToBack commands. See moveToFront and moveToBack.

To assign a title to a window:

Set the title window property. See title.