MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT, Reference Manual

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movie clips
activating with keyboard 98
adding parameters 128
adjusting color 100
and _root property 123
and with statement 122
assigning button states to 88
attaching on() and onClipEvent() handlers 87
attaching to symbol on Stage 127
calling multiple methods 122
changing properties in Debugger 74
changing properties while playing 125
child, defined 121
controlling 121
creating at runtime 126
creating empty instance 126
creating subclasses 133
data type 36
deleting 126
detecting collisions 105
determining depth of 130
determining next available depth 130
dragging 125
duplicating 126
embedding in text fields 152
functions 122
giving instance name 50
initializing properties at runtime 134
instance name, defined 121
invoking methods 122
listing objects 77
listing variables 78
loading MP3 files into 195
loading SWF files and JPEG files into 194
looping through children 57
managing depth 129
methods 122
methods and functions compared 121
methods, using to draw shapes 131
nested, defined 121
parent, defined 121
properties 125
properties, initializing at runtime 134
removing 126
sharing 127
starting and stopping 92
using as masks 132
See also SWF files
moviename_DoFSCommand function 186
MP3 files
and ID3 tags 196
loading into movie clips 195
preloading 201
multidimensional arrays 50
multiple inheritance, not allowed 163
multiple languages, using in scripts 26
N
name conflicts 42
naming conventions
for classes 161
for packages 171
naming variables 41, 62
navigation
controlling 91
jumping to frame or scene 92
nested movie clips, defined 121
Netscape DevEdge Online 25
Netscape, JavaScript methods supported 188
nodes 181
null data type 36
numbers
converting to 32-bit integers 47
manipulating 35
numeric keypad, ASCII key code values 790
numeric operators 45
O
object properties
accessing 49
assigning values to 114
object-oriented programming 156
See also classes
objects
accessing properties 114
and object-oriented programming 156
calling methods 114
creating 114
data type 36
defined 28
looping through children of 57
on() and onClipEvent() handlers 87
attaching to movie clips 87
scope 88
onClipEvent() handlers 109
operators 28
array access 49
assignment 48