User Guide

454 ActionScript classes

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

lineStyle (MovieClip.lineStyle method)

createEmptyMovieClip

(MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip method)

public createEmptyMovieClip(name:String, depth:Number) : MovieClip

Creates an empty movie clip as a child of an existing movie clip. This method behaves

similarly to the

attachMovie() method, but you don't need to provide an external linkage

identifier for the new movie clip. The registration point for a newly created empty movie clip

is the upper-left corner. This method fails if any of the parameters are missing.

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

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0

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";