yes it is at the root. I have no problem playing the video when using the _file="test.mp4" structure

Yeah sorry i didn't post all of my code. I was loading the video variable on initialization but then attaching the play action to a button. I tried using your code as well. I can tell the initialization code is running, the video background shows up but there is no video content in the screen. It appears that the file="[var:myVideo]" area is not being found.

Ok that sounds like a good option. Unfortunately it is not working.

Example:

<action name="onAppInitialize" oninit="yes" >
<assign property="var:myVideo" value="test.mp4" />
</action>

<action name="video">
<videocontrol type="play" file="[var:myVideo]" target="VID"/>
</action>


This same area works fine with both setting an inline _file attribute and hard coding the file path into the file source.

Ok, thanks, I am just testing the possibilities. So it appears that there is no way to auto set variables on initial load. For example, what if i wanted my video to auto play at app launch, is that possible?

Ok thanks, that does make sense.
I do want to variablize the video file path but I don't want to embed it in the button.

Would it be possible to create a wire style variable?
Example

<action name="set-variable">
<assign property="var:myVideo" value="test.mp4" />
</action>
<action name="video">
<videocontrol type="play" file="[var:myVideo]" target="VID" />
</action>


i lowered the resolution down to 300 and it stopped crashing.


https://prod-web1.virpublisher.com/Vortex/sma/tmpFiles/text.png

The concept here is to render text over background images.

Thanks, that would be great for creating static html widgets that are designed specifically for placing in panels.

Sorry to bombard you but i do have one more question.
Is there a way to prevent the web object from being zoomable?

I've tried attaching zoomable="no" to both the parent panel and the web object with no success.

Sample:

<wire>
<main>
<panel align="right" alias="PANEL-6LPMAT" name="Panel 1" width="30%" height="100%" zoomable="no">
<web url="http://www.sendmyad.com" alias="WEB-Z3ET2W" name="Web 1" width="100%" height="100%" zoomable="no"></web>
</panel>
<panel background="#fcf9ce" alias="PANEL-3NKX36" name="Panel 2" width="69%" height="100%">
</panel>
</main>
</wire>


BTW I also noticed that without a width and height parameter the web object does not show up for me.

width="100%" height="100%"


These items were not documented in the web object wire language.
Since this object extends panel, does that mean it is safe to assume it inherits all of the same possible attributes as a panel?