User Guide

MovieClip 849

You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

Parameters

name:String - A string that identifies the instance name of the new movie clip.

depth:Number - An integer that specifies the depth of the new movie clip.

Returns

MovieClip - A reference to the newly created movie clip.

Example

The following example creates an empty MovieClip named

container, creates a new

TextField inside of it, and then sets the new

TextField.text property.

var container:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("container",

this.getNextHighestDepth());

var label:TextField = container.createTextField("label", 1, 0, 0, 150, 20);

label.text = "Hello World";

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.