OpenURLMovie Function

Opens a movie at the specified URL.

Syntax
result = OpenURLMovie( URL )

Parameters
URL | String | URL that specifies the location of the movie.

Return Value
Result | Movie | Movie object

# Notes

On Windows, the movie is played using the Windows Media Player, Macintosh uses QuickTime and, OpenURLMovie is not supported on Linux.

For QuickTime movies, if the user has QuickTime 4 (or above) installed, OpenURLMovie supports streaming video. QuickTime is not available on Linux.

# Example

The following example loads a streaming video and assigns it to the Movie property of a MoviePlayer control:

MoviePlayer1.movie=OpenURLMovie("http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/frida.html")

Note: Apple Computer, Inc. may remove this movie at their discretion. It is included here only to illustrate the function's syntax.

# See Also

MoviePlayer control; EditableMovie, Movie classes.