I have an swf file. I have an HTML file that plays this swf file. How do I set this up to pause?

Question

I need to be able to pause this presentation is people ask questions. How do I do this? I would like a pause/stop and rewind/fast forward buttons. I do not want the presentation to have to be started at the beginning if I am asked a question.
Thanks to all those who reply.
Steven.

Answer 1

The pause button must be built within the flash file, before it's compiled and published. This is done in Flash by creating a graphic of a pause or stop buttonin a layer who's timeline spans the length of the presentation, then converting it to a button by pressing F8 and giving it an instance name. Once the button has been create, click on the button, then click on the "Actions" panel. Type the following:

on(release) {stop();}

You must also create a play button the same way, then the actionscript must be typed in as the following(in the same way that the stop button was given an action):

on(release) {play();}

You can also import that *.swf file into another Flash player with the loadMovie() method and do the same as the above with the following code:

on(release) {_swfinstancename.play();}

If the file has not been written so as to disable the menu, you can also right click and deselect the Play option while the file is playing.

if you need more help with this, let me know. You have to have Flash to do this (not the player, the actual Flash editing program).

Answer 2

You need to put that swf into another flash file that has the play/stop/pause controls

or reauthor that SWF file from its original FLA file to add in play/stop and pause.

Answer 3

Right click on it and deselect the Play checkmark. Select it again to resume. You cannot rewind or fastforward without actionscript in Flash