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Setting linked Director movie properties

To determine whether a linked Director movie is cropped or scaled to fit within a sprite's bounding rectangle, you use the Property Inspector. You can also use the Property Inspector to enable the movie's scripts, mute its sounds, and specify whether it loops.

To set linked movie properties:

1 | Select a linked movie cast member.
2 | To display the Property Inspector, choose Modify > Cast Member > Properties or choose Window > Inspectors > Properties.
3 | If necessary, display the Member tab in Graphical mode.
| The following noneditable settings are displayed:
| The cast member size in kilobytes
| The cast member creation and edit dates
| The name of the last person who modified the cast member
4 | To view or edit the cast member name, use the Name field.
5 | To add comments about the cast member, use the Comments field.
6 | To specify how Director removes the cast member from memory if memory is low, choose one of the following options from the Unload pop-up menu:
| 3—Normal sets the selected cast members to be removed from memory after any priority 2 cast members have been removed.
| 2—Next sets the selected cast members to be among the first removed from memory.
| 1—Last sets the selected cast members to be the last removed from memory.
| 0—Never sets the selected cast members to be retained in memory; these cast members are never unloaded.
7 | Click the Linked Movie tab in Graphical mode.
8 | To determine how the linked movie appears within the sprite bounding rectangle, choose a Framing option:
| Crop displays the movie image at its default size. Any portions that extend beyond the sprite's rectangle are not visible.
| Center is available only if Crop is selected. It keeps the movie centered within the sprite's bounding rectangle if you resize the sprite.
| Scale resizes the movie to fit inside the bounding rectangle.
9 | To determine how the linked movie plays back, set the following options
| Play Sound enables the sound portion of the linked movie. Turn this option off to mute sounds.
| Loop replays the linked movie continuously from the beginning to the end and back to the beginning.
| Enable Scripts makes all the scripts in the linked movie work the same way they do when the movie plays by itself.