full screen?

[knut]

I'm trying FM 8.5., so I'm new.

A question I cannot solve yet.

Is it possible to play a Quicktime clip from a container field in full screen with basic FM 8.5 or do I need FM 8.5 Advanced?

My problem is that I cannot try Advanced to find out!

Thanks for your help.

Knut

[Søren Dyhr]

No, but ask the webviewer, to open a new java-scripted window, using the the quicktime stored as reference in the container....

I havn't tried it myself, but I know that we (the team I'm working in) make dialogs this way with IWP... only I never touch the java-scripting - so I hope someone with such skills makes themself known?

--sd

[knut]

Thanks,

If I understand you, you say-use the file reference of the QT clip in the container and play the clip in a new window full screen and

create the window with Javascript-

As I don't know anything about Javascript and my head is already exploding, maybe there is a possibility to use Quicktime Player for this purpose?

I have no idea what is IWP?

Knut

[Søren Dyhr]

As I don't know anything about Javascript and my head is already exploding, maybe there is a possibility to use Quicktime Player for this purpose?

Yes, the vehicle could also be applescript, but away goes the x-platform'ishness, Wim have almost certainly something similar up his sleeves in Virtual Basic...??

--sd

[knut]

Virtual basic is something Microsoft I think and Applescript is Apple only, so ....

Javascript is more open, but I want to play those QT clips full screen and not in a browser or in a FM window.

As my first goal is to have the power of a simple database programme combined with a good display for the kids, maybe my road is Applescript. As I don't know anybody who is a master in Applescript, I ordered a few Applescript books today.

And at the same moment I'm looking around because maybe the combination of FMP and Quicktime Player is already existing.

Knut

[knut]

Hello,

A few remarks in general.

I'm using Mac and FMP because they are easy tools and can help to solve my real problems. That is supporting kids with problems.

I need to show short video movies to those kids, full screen. After a selection in FMP a movie is displayed from a container field in FMP. The result of the viewing is stored in FMP.

As I found out that there is no way in displaying a movie full screen in FMP, I tried Quicktime Player Pro. That works fine, but I think it is not possible to send the reference ( or the path ) of the movie from FMP to QtP and play it automaticaly full screen.

I searched for days for an applescript that can do that, struggled through a manual, downloaded a bunch of applescripts and just ended with an error message from an official apple applescript, saying " the application does not understand the event MVWRenfs". No idea what it is and I also don't want to know.

My question is, isn't there a simple way to show movies from within FMP full screen without becoming a geek.

Knut

[comment]

I am not sure what exactly is the problem here. To show the movie in Quicktime Player, insert the movie into a container AS FILE (reference only). Double-click the container, and the movie will play in Quicktime Player.

I am not sure if you can set Quicktime Player's preferences to play full screen as default, but you can tell it to go full screen by AppleScript.

In such case, make a Filemaker script that does it all:

Freeze Window

Go to Field [ Table::Containerfield ] [ Select/perform ]

Go to Field [ ]

Perform AppleScript [

Native AppleScript:

tell application "QuickTime Player"

activate

present front movie scale screen

end tell

]

I suppose this could be smartened up in many ways, for example by passing the path to the movie in the Applescript itself - but then we'd be entering geekdom.

[knut]

I'll try it, thank you.

It has to be full screen because almost nothing has to remind the children they are looking at a computerscreen.

Kurt

[Slater]

To show the movie in Quicktime Player, insert the movie into a container AS FILE (reference only). Double-click the container, and the movie will play in Quicktime Player.

I'm not getting this - the .mov file will play when entered AS QUICKTIME, but when entered AS FILE double clicking doesn't do anything. Can you suggest where i'm going wrong?

Many thanks,

Slater

[Slater]

Ahh, problem solved -you have to check the box "store only a reference to the file" (in insert AS FILE)