User Guide

Sound 1117

The MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method used in this example requires Flash Player

7 or later. If your SWF file includes a version 2 component, use the version 2 components

DepthManager class instead of the

MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method.

See also

stop (Sound.stop method)

public stop([linkageID:String]) : Void

Stops all sounds currently playing if no parameter is specified, or just the sound specified in

the

idName parameter.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Parameters

linkageID:String [optional] - A parameter specifying a specific sound to stop playing. The

idName parameter must be enclosed in quotation marks (" ").

Example

The following example uses two buttons,

stop_btn and play_btn, to control the playback of

a sound that loads into a SWF file. Add two buttons to your document and add the following

ActionScript to your FLA or AS file:

var my_sound:Sound = new Sound();

my_sound.loadSound("song1.mp3", true);

stop_btn.onRelease = function() {

trace("sound stopped");

my_sound.stop();

};

play_btn.onRelease = function() {

trace("sound started");

my_sound.start();

};