User Guide

forget() (Timeout) 319

forget() (Window)

Usage

-- Lingo syntax

windowObjRef.forget()

// JavaScript syntax

windowObjRef.forget();

Description

Window method; instructs script to close a window and stop its playback when it’s no longer in

use and no other variables refer to it.

Calling

forget() on a window also removes that window’s reference from the windowList.

When the

forget() method is called, the window and the movie in a window (MIAW) disappear

without calling the

stopMovie, closeWindow, or deactivateWindow handlers.

If there are many global references to the movie in a window, the window doesn’t respond to the

forget() method.

Parameters

None.

Example

This statement instructs Lingo to delete the window Control Panel when the movie no longer

uses the window:

-- Lingo syntax

window("Control Panel").forget()

// JavaScript syntax

window("Control Panel").forget();