====== Opening an Animation ======

When the user first selects any of animation plots the user will see a pop-up window. This window will ask the user to select an animation from a list of animations that the user has previously processed. The user must select a plot out of the list by clicking on a line in the list box.
 
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The list-box is populated by processing animations as discussed in the process frame animation section. Information about the animations is stored in an [[file:SASSIani.xml]] file that is used by the Submodeler to find and load animations. SASSIani.xml is stored in a system dependent default location so the user will never have to search for this file. Once the user selects a file from the list the animation control input boxes should populate with default data stored in the SASSIani.xml for the animation.   The user to adjust which frame in the animation are to be displayed by adjusting the start end and stride inputs. The user will also have control over the a data scale factor or the colormap range limits depending on the plot.