User Guide

848 ActionScript classes

Example

The following example draws a box on the Stage. When the user clicks the box graphic, it

removes the graphic from the Stage.

this.createEmptyMovieClip("box_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());

box_mc.onRelease = function() {

this.clear();

};

drawBox(box_mc, 10, 10, 320, 240);

function drawBox(mc:MovieClip, x:Number, y:Number, w:Number, h:Number):Void

{

mc.lineStyle(0);

mc.beginFill(0xEEEEEE);

mc.moveTo(x, y);

mc.lineTo(x+w, y);

mc.lineTo(x+w, y+h);

mc.lineTo(x, y+h);

mc.lineTo(x, y);

mc.endFill();

}

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.

An example is also in the drawingapi.fla file in the Samples\ActionScript\DrawingAPI folder.

The following list gives typical paths to this folder:

■ Windows: \Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and

Tutorials\Samples\ActionScript

■ Macintosh: HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Samples and Tutorials/Samples/

ActionScript