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Movie in a window

These terms are useful for working with movies in a window.

Movie in a window events

Use these event handlers to contain Lingo that you want to run in response to events in a movie in a window:

`on activateWindow` | `on openWindow`
`on closeWindow` | `on resizeWindow`
`on moveWindow` | `zoomWindow`

Opening and closing movies in a window

Use these terms for opening and closing windows:

`close window` | `open window`
`forget window` | `windowList`

Window appearance

Use these terms to check and set the appearance of a movie's window:

`appMinimize` | `rect (window)`
`drawRect` | `sourceRect`
`fileName (window property)` | `tell`
`frontWindow` | `title`
`modal` | `titleVisible`
`moveToBack` | `visible (window property)`
`moveToFront` | `windowPresent()`
`name (window property)` | `windowType`

Communication between movies

Use the `tell` command to send messages between movies.