User Guide

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Examples
The following statement sets the hilite property of the button cast member named Enter Bid
to
TRUE:
member("Enter Bid").hilite = TRUE
This statement puts the name of sound cast member 132 into the variable soundName:
put member(132, "Viva Las Vegas").name
This statement checks the type of member Jefferson Portrait in the castLib Presidents:
memberType = member("Jefferson Portrait", "Presidents").type
This statement determines whether cast member 9 has a name assigned:
if member(9).name = EMPTY then exit
You can check for the existence of a member by testing for its number:
memberCheck = member("Epiphany").number
if memberCheck = -1 then alert "Sorry, that member doesn’t exist"
Alternatively, you can check for the existence of a member by testing for its type:
memberCheck = member("Epiphany").type
if memberCheck = #empty then alert "Sorry, that member doesn’t exist"
See also
memberNum
member (sound property)
Syntax
sound(channelNum).member
the member of sound(channelNum)
Description
This read-only property is the sound cast member currently playing in sound channel
channelNum. This property returns null if no sound is being played.
Example
This statement displays the name of the member of the sound playing in sound channel 2 in the
message window:
put sound(2).member
-- (member 4 of castLib 1)
See also
getPlaylist(), queue()
member (sprite property)
Syntax
sprite(whichSprite).member
the member of sprite whichSprite
Description
Sprite property; specifies a sprite’s cast member and cast.