Hi Admin,

I have set a ActionAnimator animation and all codes work perfect. (correct codes shown below)

<MTSTimeElem Type="Keyframe" Name="change" On="0">
<Time> 0 2 5 </Time>
<MTSTimeElem Type="ActionAnimator">
<noop/>
<MTSCopyProperty Src="MTSInstance.k1:pac" Dest="MTSInstance.k2:pac" />
<MTSCopyProperty Src="MTSInstance.k1:pac" Dest="MTSInstance.k3:pac" />
</MTSTimeElem>
</MTSTimeElem>
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But, when I seperated the MTSAction content into 2 MTSAction tags, and put the name of MTSAction into ActionAnimator, the codes doesn't work, why??? (wrong codes shown below)


<MTSTimeElem Type="Keyframe" Name="change" On="0">
<Time> 0 2 5 </Time>
<MTSTimeElem Type="ActionAnimator">
<noop/>
<act1 />
<act2 />
</MTSTimeElem>
</MTSTimeElem>

<MTSAction Name="act1">
<MTSCopyProperty Src="MTSInstance.k1:pac" Dest="MTSInstance.k2:pac" />
</MTSAction>


<MTSAction Name="act2">
<MTSCopyProperty Src="MTSInstance.k1:pac" Dest="MTSInstance.k3:pac" />
</MTSAction>



many many thanks!!!

The MTSActions should be defined before the MTSTimeElements.

<MTSAction Name="act1">
<MTSCopyProperty Src="MTSInstance.k1:pac" Dest="MTSInstance.k2:pac" />
</MTSAction>

<MTSAction Name="act2">
<MTSCopyProperty Src="MTSInstance.k1:pac" Dest="MTSInstance.k3:pac" />
</MTSAction>

<MTSTimeElem Type="Keyframe" Name="change" On="0">
<Time> 0 2 5 </Time>
<MTSTimeElem Type="ActionAnimator">
<noop/>
<act1 />
<act2 />
</MTSTimeElem>
</MTSTimeElem>

Cheers,
Anup

Thanks

And for your reference, the below diagram shows the ideal layout for mtx code. This diagram can be seen along with further details on Page 19 of the Viewpoint Rich Media Authoring Guide. Further information about the MTX interactor system can be found in chapter 9.