Re: FLASH: Flash movie uses whole screen - how?

[Matthew Buchanan]

>> Does anyone know how to get the movie to open full screen (i.e. NO

>> BROWSER)?


> Opening a movie like this is only an option in later versions of IE.

Using a

> JavaScript you can open a new browsing window with the settings for

> fullscreen.  Looks good, but be sure to put an exit button in your movie,

> case there is no way for the viewer to get out of the screen.  I had to

> Ctrl-Alt-Del the other day to get out of one.  I was quite pissed off.


Of course you could have just used Alt-F4, the Windows shortcut to close

the current window...



For fullscreen windows, include this JavaScript in your index.html file...


---------------CUT HERE------------------


<script language="JavaScript">

<!--


// script by Matthew Buchanan and Paul Tuckey

// �1999 www.viewthesourceluke.com

// please leave this copyright message intact...


site_url = "yoursite.html"


browser_vers = parseInt( navigator.appVersion )

browser_name = navigator.userAgent


is_mac = false

is_mac = ( browser_name.indexOf( "Mac" ) != -1 )


is_explorer = false

is_explorer = ( browser_name.indexOf( "MSIE" ) != -1 )


function openSite()

{

  if( is_explorer && ( browser_vers >= 4 )){

    if( is_mac ){

      location.href = site_url

    } else {

      options_string = "toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,"

      options_string += "status=no,scrollbars=no,menubar=no,"

      options_string += "resizeable=no,fullscreen=yes,"

      options_string += "width=100%,height=100%"

      window.open( site_url, "full_screen", options_string )

    }

  } else {

    location.href = site_url

  }

}


// -->

</script>


---------------CUT HERE------------------


Then add the following parameter to the body tag of the page:


onLoad="openSite()"



regards,


  Matthew Buchanan, Designer

  Netbyte Internet Limited +64.9.302.3808

  When technology alone is not enough...

  http://www.netbyte.co.nz



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