User Guide

48 ActionScript language elements
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 1.1
Parameters
command:String - A string passed to the host application for any use, or a command passed
to the Flash Lite player.
parameters:String - A string passed to the host application for any use, or a value passed to
the Flash Lite player.
getProperty function
getProperty(my_mc:Object, property:Object) : Object
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This function was deprecated in favor of the dot syntax,
which was introduced in Flash Player 5.
Returns the value of the specified property for the movie clip
my_mc.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 1.0
Parameters
my_mc:Object - The instance name of a movie clip for which the property is being retrieved.
property:Object - A property of a movie clip.
Returns
Object - The value of the specified property.
Example
The following example creates a new movie clip
someClip_mc and shows the alpha value
(
_alpha) for the movie clip someClip_mc in the Output panel:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("someClip_mc", 999);
trace("The alpha of "+getProperty(someClip_mc, _name)+" is:
"+getProperty(someClip_mc, _alpha));
GetTimeSeconds
getSeconds() method of Date object
GetTimeZoneOffset
getTimeZoneOffset() method of Date object
SetQuality
MovieClip._quality
Unescape unescape() global function
Command Deprecated By