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Stop Start buttons

2007-06-13 10:50:22

pfarber

Registered: Jun 13 2007

Posts: 6

I need to be able to pause, stop and start rich media that is downloaded.

2007-09-27 09:51:53

rhickey

Registered: Sep 27 2007

Posts: 84

I would guess you might be able to create a button and set a javascript action to it to perform this from Acrobat directly. I've not looked into it deeply though.

I'll usually layout and link/embed my media files in InDesign CS2 or CS3 and then export to PDF. It offers more options for coding buttons, and/or can include a simple player bar (for video) which will pause and show progress.

2008-01-09 10:52:38

tplumer

Registered: Dec 1 2005

Posts: 122

You needn't use JavaScript. On the home page of the site is a small movie I created to show you exactly how to do this. Basically, you create a form Button and add an Action to it. You can create Stop, Play, Pause, and Resume buttons.

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