User Guide

42 ActionScript language elements
loadMovie(url:String
, target:Object,
[method:String])
Loads a SWF or JPEG file into Flash Player while the
original SWF file plays.
loadMovieNum(url:Str
ing, level:Number,
[method:String])
Loads a SWF or JPEG file into a level in Flash Player
while the originally loaded SWF file plays.
loadVariables(url:St
ring, target:Object,
[method:String])
Reads data from an external file, such as a text file or
text generated by ColdFusion, a CGI script, Active
Server Pages (ASP), PHP, or Perl script, and sets the
values for variables in a target movie clip.
loadVariablesNum(url
:String,
level:Number,
[method:String])
Reads data from an external file, such as a text file or
text generated by a ColdFusion, CGI script, ASP,
PHP, or Perl script, and sets the values for variables in
a Flash Player level.
mbchr(number:Number) Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This function was
deprecated in favor of the String.fromCharCode()
method.
Converts an ASCII code number to a multibyte
character.
mblength(string:Stri
ng)
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This function was
deprecated in favor of the methods and properties of
the String class.
Returns the length of the multibyte character string.
mbord(character:Stri
ng)
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This function was
deprecated in favor of String.charCodeAt().
Converts the specified character to a multibyte
number.
mbsubstring(value:St
ring, index:Number,
count:Number)
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This function was
deprecated in favor of String.substr().
Extracts a new multibyte character string from a
multibyte character string.
MMExecute(command:St
ring)
Lets you issue Flash JavaScript API (JSAPI)
commands from ActionScript.
nextFrame() Sends the playhead to the next frame.
nextScene() Sends the playhead to Frame 1 of the next scene.
Number(expression:Ob
ject)
Converts the parameter expression to a number.
Modifiers Signature Description