Link properties play media actionage!

All the actions you add to an event execute one after the other in the order they are placed. So everytime the button is pushed it runs Play, Pause, Resume.

To rotate actions on the same button, a software construction called a state machine is necessary. The statemachine keeps track of what the last action was and controls wich action is next. Here's a simple one in JavaScript that could be placed on a button's Mouse Up action.


I haven't tested this code, so use it at your own risk. It assumes the audio is in a sound object, not a multimedia object.

Hey there! Many thanks for your response.
I'm trying to play linked/embedded Mp3 files - "play media acrobat 6 compatible"
The custoim javascript starts like this
/* var player = */ app.media.openPlayer({
/* events, settings, etc. */
});
I added you code but no joy. Is there something simple I can change?
Thanks very much

The script I presented was just to give you the structure of the state machine you'll need. The Play, Pause, etc. commands are just place holders. I used the functions for the sound annotation. If you added the audio to the PDF with the MultiMedia Annot you'll have to use different functions. Look'em up in the Acrobat JavaScript Reference. You'll find examples in there, and in the Acrobat JavaScript Guide. Very useful documents.

Sorry to be a real pain here but I checked those documents you mentioned and couldn't really find an answer. The best I could come up with was this
if(!this.myState)
this.myState = "Start";

switch(this.myState)
{
case "Start":
this.myState = "Playing";
this.mediaPlayer.play();
break;
case "Playing":
this.myState = "Paused";
this.mediaPlayer.pause();
break;
case "Paused":
this.myState = "Start";
this.mediaPlayer.pause();
break;
}

Any ideas where I'm going wrong?
Thanks again
Aaron

Ok, you need to do some debug. First, is the media player object valid? If you're having trouble with this part you should figure out what code you'll need in the Console Window. Once you can acquire the player and get it playing, then use that code in this script.

If the player is valid and it's still not working, then put some console.println() statements in the code to display info about what the script is doing.

You can find out about using the Console Window here:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tech_corners/javascript_corner/tips/2006/javascript_console/