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on stopMovie

Syntax

    on stopMovie
    	statement(s)
    end

Description

System message and event handler; contains statements that run when the movie stops playing.

An `on stopMovie` handler is a good place to put Lingo that performs cleanup tasks—such as closing resource files, clearing global variables, erasing fields, and disposing of objects—when the movie is finished.

An `on stopMovie` handler in a MIAW is called only when the movie plays through to the end or branches to another movie. It isn't called when the window is closed or when the window is deleted by the `forget window` command.

Example

This handler clears global variables and closes two resource files when the movie stops:

    global gCurrentScore
    on stopMovie
    	set gCurrentScore = 0
    	closeResFile "Special Fonts"
    	closeResFile "Special Cursors"
    end

See also

`on prepareMovie`