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I'm creating an iphone webapp in dashcode for the first time and I can not figure out the code for embedding a video into the webapp.I have an html file and have a few pages it switches between but I need to create a function in javascript so when I click a button that it will pull up a video I in quicktime. Any sample code or thoughts? If anyone could give me some samplecode I would appreciate it

Colin Gray
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  1. create your .html file
  2. embed the following code :

<video src="your_movie_file.mov" controls="controls"> your browser does not support the video tag <video>

  1. upload your file to your webserver.
  2. test your files. (make sure your movie file in your webserver too...
mptyheart
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  • yeah I have an html file and have a few pages it switches between but I need to create a function in javascript so when I click a button that it will pull up a video I have in quicktime. Any sample code or thoughts? – Colin Gray Feb 18 '10 at 06:27
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You could try something like this (completely untested):

function showVideo(vidFile) {
    var vidElem=document.createElement("video");
    vidElem.setAttribute("src", vidFile);
    vidElem.play();
}

And then invoke it like this:

showVideo("your_movie_file.mov");
icktoofay
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  • Tested it on the desktop Safari and it works. It doesn't seem to work in iPhone Simulator, (and in fact, nothing relating to video did) and I don't have a physical device with me at the moment, so I can't test that currently. – icktoofay Feb 18 '10 at 06:39
  • okay thanks alot for the help do I have to embed a quicktime player for it to work on a mobile device? – Colin Gray Feb 18 '10 at 06:53