Follow these steps in order to enhance your Animator Applet

(It is assumed that you have already gone through the Build Animator Applet)

  1. Press the Create choice button and choose Button. Position the mouse pointer at the precise location you wish the Button to appear in the Actual View Window and click on the mouse.
  2. Press the Attributes button.
  3. Click on the Button wrapper and enter Start/Stop in the Button Name dialog window.
  4. Press the Add Actions button.
  5. Click on the Button wrapper.
  6. Click on the Animator wrapper.
  7. In the Helper Dialog, use the second choice button (Take New Pause) and choose Start/Stop.
  8. Press OK.
  9. Test your applet. Press the Stop/Start button and see how the animation stops/resumes play.

    10. Advanced Animator Applet 2