MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE, Reference

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#initclip
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
#initclip order
Parameters
order
An integer that specifies the execution order of blocks of
#initclip
code. This is an
optional parameter.
Description
Compiler directive; indicates the beginning of a block of initialization actions. When multiple
clips are initialized at the same time, you can use the
order
parameter to specify which
initialization occurs first. Initialization actions execute when a movie clip symbol is defined. If the
movie clip is an exported symbol, the initialization actions execute before the actions on Frame 1
of the SWF file. Otherwise, they execute immediately before the frame actions of the frame that
contains the first instance of the associated movie clip symbol.
Initialization actions execute only once when a SWF file plays; use them for one-time
initializations, such as class definition and registration.
Example
In the following example, ActionScript is placed on Frame 1 inside a movie clip instance.
A variables.txt text file is placed in the same directory.
#initclip
trace("initializing app");
var variables:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
variables.load("variables.txt");
variables.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
trace("variables loaded:"+success);
if (success) {
for (i in variables) {
trace("variables."+i+" = "+variables[i]);
}
}
};
#endinitclip
See also
#endinitclip
CHAPTER 2
ActionScript Language Reference