User Guide

tellTarget() 561
Example
This on prepareMovie handler turns the on streamStatus handler on when the movie starts:
-- Lingo syntax
on prepareMovie
tellStreamStatus(TRUE)
end
// JavaScript syntax
function prepareMovie() {
tellStreamStatus(TRUE);
}
This statement determines the status of the stream status handler:
-- Lingo syntax
on mouseDown
put tellStreamStatus()
end
// JavaScript syntax
function mouseDown() {
put(tellStreamStatus());
}
See also
on streamStatus
tellTarget()
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
spriteObjRef.tellTarget(targetName)
// JavaScript syntax
spriteObjRef.tellTarget(targetName);
Description
Command; equivalent to the Flash beginTellTarget and endTellTarget methods. The
tellTarget() command allows the user to set a target Timeline on which subsequent sprite
commands will act. When the target is set to a Flash movie clip or a level containing a loaded
Flash movie, certain commands act on the targeted components, rather than on the main
Timeline. To switch focus back to the main Timeline, call
endTellTarget().
The only valid argument for
tellTarget is the target name. There is no valid argument for
endTellTarget.
The Flash sprite functions that are affected by
tellTarget are stop, play, getProperty,
setProperty, gotoFrame, call(frame), and find(label). In addition, the sprite property
frame (which returns the current frame) is affected by tellTarget.
Parameters
targetName Required. Specifies the target name.