A collection of movies.
Element
image
movie Properties
| Property | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| allow overrides | boolean | r/w | If true, the master page item can be overridden. |
| associated XML element | XML item | read | The XML element associated with the movie. |
| class | type | read | The class descriptor type. |
| description | text | r/w | The description of the movie. |
| embed in PDF | boolean | r/w | If true, the file is embedded in the PDF. If false, the file is linked to the PDF. Note: To embed movie files, acrobat compatibility must be acrobat 6 or higher. |
| file path | text | r/w | The file path (colon delimited on the Mac OS). Can also accept: alias or string. |
| floating window | boolean | r/w | If true, opens a new window to play the movie. If false, plays the movie in the poster frame on the PDF document page. |
| floating window position | upper left, upper middle, upper right, center left, center, center right, lower left, lower middle, lower right, |
r/w | The position of the floating window that displays the movie. |
| floating window size | one fifth, one fourth, one half, full, double, triple, quadruple, max, |
r/w | The size of the floating window that displays the movie. |
| geometric bounds | List of | r/w | The bounds of the movie excluding the stroke width, in the format [y1, x1, y2, x2], which give the coordinates of the top-left and bottom-right corners of the bounding box. |
| horizontal scale | real | r/w | The horizontal scaling applied to the text as a percentage of its current size. (Range: 1 to 1000) |
| id | integer | read | The unique ID of the movie. |
| index | integer | read | The index of the movie within its containing object. |
| item layer | layer | r/w | The layer that the movie is on. |
| item link | link | read | The source file of the link. |
| label | text | r/w | A property that can be set to any string. |
| movie poster type | none, standard, from movie, proxy image, |
r/w | The type of poster for the movie. |
| name | text | r/w | The name of the movie. |
| object reference | movie | read | An object reference for the object. |
| overridden | boolean | read | If true, the object originated on a master spread and was overridden. If false, the object either originated on a master spread and was not overridden, or the object did not originate on a master page. |
| overridden master page item | specifier | read | An object that originated on a master page and has been overridden. Can return: page item, guide, graphic, movie or sound. |
| parent | specifier | read | The parent of the movie (a page item, oval, rectangle or polygon). Can return: page item, oval, rectangle or polygon. |
| play mode | once, stay open, repeat play, |
r/w | The movie’s playback mode. |
| play on page turn | boolean | r/w | If true, the movie plays automatically when a user views the page that contains the movie poster in the PDF document. |
| poster file | text | r/w | The poster file. |
| properties | record | r/w | A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time. |
| show controls | boolean | r/w | If true, displays playback controls at the bottom of the movie display window. |
| URL | text | r/w | The URL. |
| vertical scale | real | r/w | The vertical scaling applied to the text as a percentage of its current size. (Range: 1 to 1000) |
| visible bounds | List of | r/w | The bounds of the movie including the stroke width, in the format [y1, x1, y2, x2], which give the coordinates of the top-left and bottom-right corners of the bounding box. |