User Guide

450 ActionScript classes
Example
The following example creates a square with red fill on the Stage:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("square_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
square_mc.beginFill(0xFF0000);
square_mc.moveTo(10, 10);
square_mc.lineTo(100, 10);
square_mc.lineTo(100, 100);
square_mc.lineTo(10, 100);
square_mc.lineTo(10, 10);
square_mc.endFill();
An example is also in the drawingapi.fla file in the ActionScript samples folder. The following
list gives typical paths to this folder:
■ Windows: boot drive\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and
Tutorials\Samples\ActionScript
■ Macintosh: Macintosh HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Samples and Tutorials/
Samples/ActionScript
See also
moveTo (MovieClip.moveTo method), endFill (MovieClip.endFill method),
beginGradientFill (MovieClip.beginGradientFill method)
beginGradientFill (MovieClip.beginGradientFill
method)
public beginGradientFill(fillType:String, colors:Array, alphas:Array,
ratios:Array, matrix:Object) : Void
Indicates the beginning of a new drawing path. If the first parameter is undefined, or if no
parameters are passed, the path has no fill. If an open path exists (that is if the current drawing
position does not equal the previous position specified in a
MovieClip.moveTo() method),
and it has a fill associated with it, that path is closed with a line and then filled. This is similar
to what happens when you call
MovieClip.endFill().
This method fails if any of the following conditions exist:
■ The number of items in the colors, alphas, and ratios parameters are not equal.
■ The fillType parameter is not "linear" or "radial".
■ Any of the fields in the object for the matrix parameter are missing or invalid.
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0