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About the Animate Dialog Box
Use the Animate dialog box to control speed and direction when you play back an animation result set.
Button
Function
Frame sliding bar
Advances playback one frame at a time and displays the current frame number
Plays the result set backwards
Stops playback
Starts playback
Resets playback to the beginning
Displays the previous frame
Displays the next frame
Advances playback to the end
Sets continuous playback
Reverses playback direction at ends
Speed sliding bar
Adjusts playback speed
Capture button
Opens the Capture dialog box, configures and saves playback as an avi or an mpeg file, or as a series of jpeg, tiff or bmp files.