MAKE_JSMOVIE Name
MAKE_JSMOVIE Purpose
Generate web pages to display a Javascript movie from images.
Category
Calling Sequence
make_jsmovie, img_url Inputs
img_url = URL of image directory. in
This may be relative to the location of the movie page.
The generated web pages must be placed in the correct
directory to access these images.
Keyword Parameters
Keywords
TITLE=ttl Main page title (def='Javascript Movie Player').
DELAY=ms Delay at end of loop in ms (def=1000).
OUT=out Name of output page (def='jsmovie').
SPEED=spd Initial # of frames/second to display (def=10).
Valid range is 0.01 to 100 (will use a close value).
/FILE Set for display from a file, else from a web
server. Sets the internal JS variable named skip.
Will not display all frames if displaying as a file when
generated for web display. In the page *_main.html can
manually edit the variable skip to 1 for file, 5 for web.
Outputs
Common Blocks
Notes
Notes: Will generate 4 files:
jsmovie.html, jsmovie_main.html, jsmovie_blank.html,
and jsmovie_loading.png.
These must be kept together, link to the first one.
These names may be changed using the OUT keyword.
The images may be accessed from the web page. One way
is to right click on the image (in some browsers).
Another way is to drag the frame divider line at the very
bottom of the web page upward to view a directory listing
of all the images. Drag it back to the bottom to get
back to the movie frame.
Example call:
make_jsmovie,'img',title='East Coast 2 m Temperature',del=1500,out='temp2m'
Modification History
R.Sterner, 2008 Mar 20
R.Sterner, 2009 Jul 13 --- Added /FILE keyword.
R.Sterner, 2009 Jul 13 --- Added SPEED keyword.
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