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680 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
onClipEvent()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
onClipEvent( movieEvent ){
// your statements here
}
Parameters
A
movieEvent
is a trigger called an event . When the event occurs, the statements following it
within curly braces ({}) are executed. Any of the following values can be specified for the
movieEvent
parameter:
•
load
The action is initiated as soon as the movie clip is instantiated and appears in the
Timeline.
•
unload
The action is initiated in the first frame after the movie clip is removed from the
Timeline. The actions associated with the
Unload
movie clip event are processed before any
actions are attached to the affected frame.
•
enterFrame
The action is triggered continually at the frame rate of the movie clip. The
actions associated with the
enterFrame
clip event are processed before any frame actions that
are attached to the affected frames.
•
mouseMove
The action is initiated every time the mouse is moved. Use the
_xmouse
and
_ymouse
properties to determine the current mouse position.
•
mouseDown
The action is initiated when the left mouse button is pressed.
•
mouseUp
The action is initiated when the left mouse button is released.
•
keyDown
The action is initiated when a key is pressed. Use
Key.getCode()
to retrieve
information about the last key pressed.
•
keyUp
The action is initiated when a key is released. Use the
Key.getCode()
method to
retrieve information about the last key pressed.
•
data
The action is initiated when data is received in a
loadVariables()
or
loadMovie()
action. When specified with a
loadVariables()
action, the
data
event occurs only once,
when the last variable is loaded. When specified with a
loadMovie()
action, the
data
event
occurs repeatedly, as each section of data is retrieved.
Description
Event handler; triggers actions defined for a specific instance of a movie clip.
CHAPTER 2
ActionScript Language Reference