User Guide

#initclip 333

#initclip

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

#initclip order

Parameters

order

An integer that specifies the execution order of blocks of #initclip code. This is an

optional parameter.

Description

Compiler directive; indicates the beginning of a block of initialization actions. When multiple

clips are initialized at the same time, you can use the

order parameter to specify which

initialization occurs first. Initialization actions execute when a movie clip symbol is defined. If the

movie clip is an exported symbol, the initialization actions execute before the actions on Frame 1

of the SWF file. Otherwise, they execute immediately before the frame actions of the frame that

contains the first instance of the associated movie clip symbol.

Initialization actions execute only once when a SWF file plays; use them for one-time

initializations, such as class definition and registration.

Example

In the following example, ActionScript is placed on Frame 1 inside a movie clip instance.

A variables.txt text file is placed in the same directory.

#initclip

trace("initializing app");

var variables:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

variables.load("variables.txt");

variables.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {

trace("variables loaded:"+success);

if (success) {

for (i in variables) {

trace("variables."+i+" = "+variables[i]);

}

};

#endinitclip