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runMode

Syntax

    the runMode

Description

Function; returns a string indicating the mode in which the movie is playing. Possible values are as follows:

| `Author`—The movie is running in Director.
| `Projector`—The movie is running as a projector.
| `Plugin`—The movie is running as a Shockwave plug-in or other scripting environment, such as LiveConnect or ActiveX.
| `Java Applet`—The movie is playing back as a Java applet.

The safest way to test for particular values in this property is to use the `contains` operator. This helps avoid errors and allows partial matches.

Example

This statement determines whether or not external parameters are available and obtains them if they are:

    if the runMode contains "Plugin" then
    	-- decode the embed parameter
    	if externalParamName(swURL) = swURL then
    		put externalParamValue(swURL) into myVariable
    	end if
    end if

See also

`environment`, `platform`