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[CrazyFrog]

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to put an object ( a right-click menu ) over a video object while the movie plays and how to do this ,because the video object appears as " allways on top " and I want to make a video player witch supports a right-click menu over the movie that is currently displayed.
Thanks !

[Desrat]

you could use a hotspot object..

[RizlaUK]

yup, thats good advice, place a hotspot over the video object and put the menu code in the right click event

[TJ_Tigger]

I don't know if you can place anything, including a hotspot on top of a video object. You can search for Worms function IsInRect which uses the on Mouse Button event to determine if you have clicked within an object. You could then pop-up a menu based on that.

Tigg

[Desrat]

a hotspot will work, guarantee ya :)

[RizlaUK]

to my supprize tigg, i tryed it and it worked (with a dialog and video object, i havent tested with a menu)

i dident think it would work, my post here looked something like "it wont work, but you can use worms hit test and global mouse click to achieve...bla bla bla", but i thought....test b4 talk, and it worked

now im cruious to know what objects this will work on and if it works with a menu.......guess i'll post back in a few..;)

[RizlaUK]

DoH,

sometimes i wonder where my brain is at,

after making a test apz i realized/remembered that i have in fact used this method in previous projects on listbox, combo, mediaplayer and web objects,

seems im learning something i already know.....think im just tired

what a waist of time that was...lol

[yosik]

Another way would be, in case you need something more tangible than a hotspot, to use a mask for your video object with a hole in it. You could then position another object exactly in/on that hole. For all purpose, it will look as if the object is on top of the video object.

Yossi

[CrazyFrog]

Ok , thanks ,I will try what you posted here , and reply to tell you the results ,cheers!

[SiNisTer]

Hey man. I had some free time, so I took the liberty of making an example of a Video Object Menu...I used worms hitTest for the example, cos I think its the easiest and best solution to your problem. Anyway, just download the example - I think it'll definitely help you or give you an idea...

P.S. Almost forgot...You'll have to load a video into the video object or copy the magnolia video from the AMS installation folder into your project. I couldn't do it cos otherwise the file is a little too big to upload on the forum...